India, Nov. 3 -- National Health Mission (NHM) workers across Assam began a three-day work boycott and sit-in strike on Monday, demanding equal pay, permanent employment, and social security benefits.

" This sit-in demonstration cum pen-down programme for the coming three days at all district headquarters to mark protest against the Assam Government's lack of response towards the demand raised by NHM and All Assam Health and Technical Welfare Association. Our demands have been neglected for over 19 years ." A joint press release stated.

In Tinsukia district, hundreds of NHM workers staged a protest in front of the office of the Joint Director of Health Services, expressing strong resentment over the government's "repeated failure" to fu...