Govt Employees strike for their Salaries

Govt Employees strike for their Salaries... But the suffering Comman Man only...

CHENNAI: Family members of striking employees of state-run buses in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday staged demonstrations across the state as the crippling work stoppage entered the sixth day.

The authorities refused to accept the demands of the striking employees, who are seeking higher wages, and kept recruiting temporary bus drivers in a desperate attempt to restore bus services in the sprawling state.

Union leaders admit the strike had caused inconvenience to the people ahead of Pongal festival but claimed that the working and middle classes support their cause.

The wife of a driver protesting along with her husband and other staff complained that the demands were just.

"We are asking for the money that belongs to us," she said. "My husband has been serving without a break. And when they ask for their dues, this is the treatment they get," she told a private television channel.