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Demanding the implementation of wage hike, the powerloom workers staged a objection successful Sankarankoil connected Sunday, and cooked porridge arsenic portion of their protest.
In Tenkasi district, successful and astir the Sankarankoil region, much than 10,000 powerloom workers are employed successful implicit 1,000 powerloom units. It is said though a 16% wage hike statement was finalised successful 2024, lone 10% of the wage summation has been provided to the powerloom workers.
As the remaining 6% wage hike has not been implemented adjacent aft a twelvemonth of announcement, workers person been staging assorted forms of demonstrations demanding the pending wage increase. Moreover, since November 19, the powerloom workers were connected an indefinite strike. Even aft negotiations held astatine the Revenue Divisional Office successful Sankarankoil, nary amicable solution was reached and frankincense the workers protestation continued.
Manikandan, territory president, CITU Somasundaram, authorities secretary, powerloom workers national and different powerloom workers and CITU members were contiguous astatine the protest.
