Shimla, Oct. 31 -- The Mid-Day Meal Workers Union, affiliated with the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), staged protests across several blocks in Himachal Pradesh on Friday, demanding a full 12-month salary instead of the current 10-month pay, alongside the fulfillment of other long-pending demands.

The protests were held in response to a call by the union's state committee. Demonstrations were organised in several districts, with workers submitting memorandums to the director of education, seeking resolution of their demands.

In Shimla, mid-day meal workers staged a demonstration outside the directorate of education. A delegation of the union subsequently reached the directorate to meet the director of education. However, in the ab...