More than 275 employees of CG Samrat Cement Industry in Lamahi Municipality–7, Dang, have launched an indefinite protest after locking the industry’s main gate, alleging discrimination in salary increases and failure to enroll them in the Social Security Fund.
According to Govinda Devkota, coordinator of the struggle committee and an industry administration employee, the workers began the protest after accusing the company of increasing the salaries of only higher-level employees and not enrolling workers in the Social Security Fund. The employees submitted a memorandum containing seven demands to Annapurna Mishra, head of the industry’s employee administration, on July 3, while announcing the protest.
According to the struggle committee, the employees’ protest has brought all operations at the cement industry, including production and distribution, to a halt.