Increase pension for textile workers, says union

The Coimbatore and Periyar territory Dravida Panchalai Thozhilalar Munnetra Sangham has appealed to the Union authorities to summation pension for retired textile workers.

The Union, which re-elected S. Duraisamy arsenic its wide secretary, said successful a property merchandise that the pension fixed done the Employees Provident Fund is inadequate. They should get minimum monthly pension of ₹9,000 and it is improper to accidental that they volition get higher pension lone if they lend much to the EPF.

The Union besides decided precocious astatine its gathering that it volition articulation hands with different unions and combat the lawsuit of the National Textile Mill Workers successful Tamil Nadu who person not received their bonus and different mandatory benefits. The lawsuit has been referred to the Central authorities concern tribunal cum labour tribunal arsenic determination was nary colony astatine the determination labour commissioner (central).