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The KVSS is also fighting for the regularisation of 2,980 waste management workers of the BMC, 1,200 workers of the Thane Municipal Corporation and 3,500 workers of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. Permanent statusLast December, in a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court made 2,700 BMC contractual labourers of the Solid Waste Management department into permanent BMC employees. | Photo Credit: Vijay Batemore-inThe Kachra Vahatuk Shramik Sangh (KVSS), which represents waste management workers of municipal corporations, held a protest at Azad Maidan on Thursday, calling it Labharthi Mela in a dig at the State government. Fighting for their rights: Workers from the Brihanmumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai municipal corporations at the rally at Azad Maidan on Thursday. She said only 230 workers were made permanent in letters issued on August 26, but they have not been paid salaries since..