"For the past two years I have been unable to send any money to my family back home," said a 35-year-old worker who identified himself only by his first name, Lalith.
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"My wife has left me due to poverty, because I was unable to provide for my family," he said with tears in his eyes. "We are determined to continue our hunger strike until our salaries are paid.
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The workers said they were each promised 2,000 dollars per month to work for Talat Osam al-Deen construction firm, which had hired them to work on a government housing project in the southern city of Amara.
They said they had not received a single salary.
The company failed to launch the project, which was then passed on to another firm, said Maitham Lefteh, a member of the provincial council of Maysan, of which Amara is the