Chandigarh, Dec. 26 -- Sitting on a chain hunger strike from the past 41 days, contractual workers at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) have threatened a 24 hour strike on December 30 against the hospital administration in case their long-pending demands are not met.

The workers, sitting on strike since November 14, are demanding payment of their pending arrears, maternity leave, bonuses for year 2023-24, 2024-25 and reinstatement of four security guards fired during earlier protest.

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of contract workers has claimed that arrears of around Rs.90 crore are pending after the government of India released a notification of revised wages on October 9, 2018 and July 30, 2025.

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