For beedi workers it's all work and no pay

[Informalisation and Labour Rights - Related News]

Sixty-seven-year-old A. Govindasamy has been rolling beedis for a living since the age of 10. Going through struggles is not new for him, but he vouches that he has not been through such a crisis of working without wages for days. For hundreds of beedi workers in the district, demonetisation, in short, has meant going without their daily wages. The withdrawal of Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes has hit their livelihood, with beedi contractors unable to pay them daily due to cash crunch.