Coimbatore: Sanitary workers of the city corporation staged protests on Wednesday morning, demanding to be considered on par with frontline workers.
Members of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and the Tamil Nadu Ambedkar Sanitary Workers Association took part in protests across the state.
Workers are not provided safety gear, mainly gloves, said AITUC district secretary N Chandran. “Corporation officials should check oxygen level of the workers using oximeter every morning and ensure that the workers have safety gear before deploying them for work,” he said.
Seven sanitary workers had died of Covid-19 in the city, said general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Ambedkar Sanitary Workers Association R Tamil Nadu Selvam. “But the death certificate of only one of them state that he died of Covid. According to authorities, others had died of kidney failure and breathing trouble even though they were admitted to hospitals after testing positive for the infection. Because of thi