By Emma Amaize

WARRI-SIXTEEN Indian workers of the troubled Delta Steel Company, DSC, Delta State, Monday, embarked on hunger strike to protest the refusal of the management to pay them off.

Vanguard learnt that some of the affected foreign workers sat on the floor of the administrative building.

It was gathered that they all resigned their employment with the company, three months ago, and want their benefits before returning to their country because of the dwindled fortunes of DSC.

Since last week, no fewer than 10 of the Indians were said to be sleeping in the foyer, as they had no home to stay, having resigned from the company.

A staff of the company, who spoke to Vanguard said: “It is not a hidden information that the Indian workers are on hunger strike. They pasted something on the notice board, saying that since they resigned between two and three months ago and demanded their final pay off, the company had not deemed it fit to pay them.

“They wrote that they initially started with a 12-hour hunger strike, but the management did not budge and so, they were embarking on a 24-hour strike from yesterday.

“The management pretended that it is not aware of their hunger strike because it is having a financial challenge and obviously, there is no money to pay them. They are behaving as if they are not aware because the regular workers served them a strike notice last week, over the delay in the payment of their August salary and it will be suicidal if they decide to settle one and leave the other.”

Acting Group Public Affairs Manager, Mr. Kes Agbosa, when contacted promised to investigate the matter and get back to Vanguard.