Seeking fulfilment of their various demands, including implementation of minimum wages for head load workers, implementation welfare schemes and gratuity for head load workers over the age of 60 and others, head load workers staged a protest in Hubballi on Tuesday.
The protest was held under the aegis of Federation of Karnataka State Head Load Workers in front of the Mini Vidhana Soudha.
Leading the protest, State general secretary of the federation Mahesh Pattar, local unit president Basavaneppa Neeralagi, general secretary Gurusiddappa Ambiger and others demanded that their long-pending demands be fulfilled.