SAN SALVADOR, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Laid-off workers from three Salvadoran municipalities staged protests in El Salvador's capital Wednesday against measures they considered unjust.

    Dozens of people picketed San Salvador's City Hall, rallying in front of District 2 offices. They were supporting the 300 workers who were given no compensation upon being dismissed from their posts.

    One such worker, Ada Villalta, told Salvadoran media that she was informed the city had run out of money during her exit interview with Mayor Norman Quijano.

    Villalta said that while workers were being fired without redundancy payments, the city government was recruiting on a monthly salary of over 1,000 U.S. dollars.

    Some other protestors blocked the road linking Metapan to Santa Ana. They claimed that people had been unjustly laid off in Santa Ana, which is now under the governance of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front.

    Meanwhile, local government workers in Quezaltepeque also began to protest by stopping to work and sealing municipal buildings.