India, Sept. 30 -- The multi-tasking staff (MTS) of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) started an indefinite sit-in strike in front of the MCD civic centre from Monday, stating that they will not return to work until their demands are met. The workers are protesting for equal pay for all the workers, compensatory employment for families of MTS workers who died before retirement, and the provision of earned and medical leaves.

The workers on strike consist of domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) and contact field workers (CFWs), groups who were both made MTS last year. Despite regularisation of their services, workers at the protest said they have consistently been receiving low wages, working in unsafe conditions, and not receiving an...