Stop cutting the throats of contract workers!
(Successful workers protest in Bengaluru!)
Under the leadership of the Karnataka State Residential School Outsourced Employees Union (TUCI), contract workers from all districts of the state protested for the whole day at Freedom Park in the capital Bengaluru on 15-4-2026.
The workers who have been working in various government departments for the last 20-25 years should be made permanent as per the law. The important demand that all contract workers should be paid the same salary as permanent employees until they are made permanent was effectively presented in the protest camp. The state government is doing injustice to the workers by violating the labor laws. Instead of the monthly wage of 19,000-21,000 announced by the state government, the outsourcing agencies are paying 13000 to the head cook, 12000 to the assistant cook, and only 11000 to the cleaning and security staff. The state government on one hand and the agencies on the other are cheating the workers who work for ten to fifteen hours a day, without weekly holidays, festival holidays or national holidays, in government-style hostels. This has been done in violation of the Minimum Wages Act-1948 and the Payment of Wages Act-1936 and the Contract Cancellation and Regulation Act-1970, and most of the judgments of the Supreme Court and the High Court that have been in favor of contract workers so far. Therefore, it was demanded that the Siddaramaiah government should maintain its commitment. Without delay, strict legal action should be taken against the outsourcing agencies that stole the wages of the workers in all the districts of the state. The stolen wages should be returned to the workers in the form of arrears. The scheduled work and scheduled holidays should be given. It was demanded throughout the protest that the government should implement equal pay for equal work.
Shri Kantaraj, Executive Director of Karnataka State Residential Educational Society’s, and other officials listened to the demands of the workers for an average of one and a half hours at the protest camp. He then promised the workers that he would take legal action to fulfill their demands.
The struggle was led by Trade Union Center of India General Secretary Com R Manasayya, State Secretary Com M Gangadhar, Com HS Mallesh Bommanal, G Adavirao, Adesh Naganur Basavaraj Wind Power, Ramesh Wind Power, Association President Krishnamurthy, Vice President Ranganath Muski, Another Vice President Sundaramma Mande District, Parvatamma Hassan, General Secretary. Mylaralingappa Koppala, Treasurer Maruti Chitradurga, Dyamanna Koppala, Madhu Soraba, Prakash Koppal, Devendrappa Sindhanur, Husenappa Bijapur, Devamma Echanal, mosaru Bega Linga Lingasagur, Devamma Devadurga, Santhosh Kavitha, Shivayya Raichur etc. were there.
The revolutionary songs of workers, farmers and revolutionaries sung by the revolutionary cultural platform RCF gave real cultural power to today’s protest. Kumar Samara Sindhanur’s song was very attractive.
Abolish the contract labor system!
Make all contract workers permanent!
Until then, pay equal wages for equal work!
Add agencies that steal wages to the blacklist!
Return the stolen wages in the form of arrears!
State Residential School Workers Union Zindabad!
Trade Union Centre Of India Zindabad!
Slogans of Inquilab Zindabad rang out continuously.
TUCI Karnataka
15 April 2026
