Hundreds of Visakhapatnam port
workers went on a protest on Wednesday 27
Mar demanding implementation of the wage revision policy for class C and D employees.
The protest is part of the All
India Betrayal Day protest organised by the National Coordination Committee of Major
Ports and Dock Workers Federation outside ports throughout the
country. Generally when a protest or a strike is organized by an association,
other associations join the action expressing their solidarity; in keeping with
the practice, leaders and
workers of other associations, including pensioners, participated in the
protest
Speaking on the occasion,
AITUC-affiliated Visakhapatnam Harbour and Port Workers Union president J.V.
Satyanarayana Murthy accused Vizag Port Authorities of
reneging on previously agreed-upon wage revision for Class C & D employees,
effective from January 2022.