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Arasu Rubber Corporation Limited’s (ARCL) latex tappers moving successful Keeriparai part person expressed their interest implicit the corporation’s determination of outsourcing the tappers for astir 4,600 trees, stating that the determination would adversely impact their livelihood.
Opposing the determination of ARCL, astir 85 workers including imperishable and declaration workers person been staging protests successful Keeriparai for the past 1 week.
The contented arose aft astir 18 hectares of rubber plantation successful Keeriparai was earmarked for the constitution of a bio diverseness parkland by the wood department, which subsequently floated a tender for the project. As nary bidders came forward, presently ARCL has outsourced declaration workers to transportation retired latex tapping connected astir 4,600 trees successful the area. This has triggered beardown absorption among the existing workforce successful Keeriparai region.
Vijayan, a imperishable idiosyncratic astatine ARCL, said that the corp outsourced tapping enactment without holding immoderate discussions with the workers. He added that the Keeriparai part has astir 65 imperishable workers and the instauration of declaration labourers volition further diminish employment opportunities for them.
Mr. Vijayan noted, “We (the workers) person been trying to pass with the MD of ARCL for the past 1 week, but helium has been unavailable.”
Valasai Kumar, wide secretary, Kanniyakumari District Estate Workers Union highlighted the fig of imperishable workers successful ARCL has already importantly decreased and further reliance connected declaration labour volition worsen the situation.
He urged the ARCL medication to instantly delegate the tapping of 4,600 trees to the existing workforce of the corporation.
Speaking connected the issue, a elder authoritative from ARCL said that declaration based latex tappers already existed successful Kodhayar and Kuttiyar divisions. He added, “We necessitate astatine slightest 18 tappers for 4,600 trees and we are presently facing shortage of workers. For this reason, we decided to prosecute further labour connected a declaration basis.”
