Members of AITUC protest demanding festival bonus for unorganised workers

The CPI-affiliated AITUC held a protestation connected Tuesday (October 7, 2025) to property for assorted demands, including proviso of Deepavali festival allowance of ₹5,000 to unorganised workers.

The AITUC march to the Assembly besides sought contiguous measures to afloat operationalise the newly-constituted Welfare Board for unorganised workers to instrumentality enactment schemes.

K. Sethuselvam, AITUC wide secretary, said the disturbance was besides to request contiguous merchandise of astir ₹38 crore allocated successful the State Budget for disbursing wage arrears to PASIC employees. He pointed retired that the authorities was duty-bound to instrumentality the ruling of the Madras High Court successful a related petition directing the outgo of afloat arrears to the employees.

AITUC leaders I. Dinesh Ponnaiah, V.S. Abhishegam, R. Anthony addressed the protestation meeting.