Promises made: Workers end protest as salaries promised

HYDERABAD:

The workers of the Hyderabad Development Authority (HDA) and the Water and Sanitation Agency called off their strike on Monday after they received assurance that they will be paid their outstanding salaries in the upcoming days.

HDA director-general Iqbal Memon visited the protesting Mehran Workers Union and assured them of the instant release of their salaries.

The workers had complained that they have not been paid for the last four to six months.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 20^th, 2014.