Tamil Nadu   

Shoe firm employees held

AMBUR: A total of 110 employees of a private shoe company at Ambur, who allegedly planned to stage protest outside government offices in Vellore, were arrested on Tuesday.

According to sources, the employees had been staging protests seeking a pay hike.

Some of them were recently suspended and the management had filed cases against them.

The employees also wanted the company to bring back the suspended employees and withdraw the cases against them.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Stalin to disburse fund to 3,000 self-help groups
Women block road; demand full wages
Relocated interests
Boy crushed to death
Shoe firm employees held
No case of dengue in Namakkal: Collector
Merchants down shutters
Cool cover
Computerised water system in Villupuram soon
Human chain on Metro Rail issue
Vacancies in ICDS centres
90 academic achievers honoured by Grasim
Crop insurance for Rs. 225, forms invited
Stalin disburses Rs. 10.40-crore credit
English speaking competition
Dalit women allege police atrocities
Rain lashes Tirupur
Mettur level
Last date extended
Killed in accident
Dogged travel
Hygiene awareness programme at schools
Concern at high rate of osteoporosis prevalence
Alert girl aborts two men’s chain-snatching bid
Assistance released
Bar Council directed to consider application
Ramadoss hails all-party meeting resolutions
Special trains
Power cut not unique to State: Elangovan
Final photo electoral rolls likely to be published on October 20
One detained under Goondas Act
Hydel reservoirs receive less inflow

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu