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Demanding to annul the dismissal bid of 23 corp workers, Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi workers national person announced an indefinite onslaught from October 21.
Addressing the property present connected Tuesday, M. Balasubramanian, CITU wide secretary, said that though the workers fought lone for their rights, the declaration company, successful summation to denying the workers’ owed compensation, had besides dared to sack them.
“The institution has made it a signifier to endanger the protesting workers by either suspending them oregon cutting their wages. Though the workers are protected by the labour rights, the institution seems not to beryllium respecting oregon fearing them,” helium added.
When the 23 workers – 17 drivers and 6 workers – questioned the institution for reducing their wage and against different discriminatory practices, they were instantly sacked, Mr. Balasubramaniam said.
Though the workers organised a bid of protests and submitted petitions to registry their opposition, some the declaration institution and the corp did not wage immoderate heed to them, helium stated.
The institution had not conscionable disregarded the workers’ plights but had besides disrespected their rights enshrined successful the Constitution, helium said.
He said that each the workers should beryllium fixed 8.33% of their wage arsenic Deepavali bonus.
He alleged that the institution had lone been paying a portion of the workers Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for much than 18 months now.
“More than ₹60,000 that should person been paid successful the workers’ EPF accounts was withheld by the declaration company,” helium said.
Even erstwhile each the issues were raised respective times with some the institution and the government, some had not cared to initiate immoderate enactment to resoluteness them, helium added.
“Though we person decided to observe a strike, keeping successful caput the payment of the nationalist astatine the clip of festival, we are to commencement our indefinite onslaught from October 21,” helium said.
The onslaught which would commencement connected the time aft Deepavali would proceed until each their demands, including reinstatement of the sacked workers, were met, helium said.
