Powerloom job workers continue strike

September 01, 2009 04:54 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 09:41 am IST - Coimbatore

Minister for Handlooms and Textiles K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran (third left), Minister for Labour T.M. Anbarasan (second left), Pongalur N. Palanisamy, Minister for Rural Industries (second right), M.P. Saminathan, Minister for Highways (right), and Coimbatore District Collector P. Umanath at the talks held in Coimbatore on Aug. 25, 2009, with job-working powerloom unit owners and textile manufacturers. Photo:S. Siva Saravanan

Minister for Handlooms and Textiles K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran (third left), Minister for Labour T.M. Anbarasan (second left), Pongalur N. Palanisamy, Minister for Rural Industries (second right), M.P. Saminathan, Minister for Highways (right), and Coimbatore District Collector P. Umanath at the talks held in Coimbatore on Aug. 25, 2009, with job-working powerloom unit owners and textile manufacturers. Photo:S. Siva Saravanan

A majority of powerloom job workers here are continuing their indefinite strike, which began on August 5, despite the Tamil Nadu Government asking workers and textile producers to arrive at an amicable settlement over wages and run the powerlooms by today.

Over 25,000 job workers (those taking yarn on contract from textile producers), with two lakh powerlooms in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts, are on strike protesting the ‘breach of wage agreement’ by the Textile Producers Association, which, they said, was paying 10 per cent reduced wages citing decline in the market for the grey fabrics.

Four State ministers last week held talks separately with both the associations and asked them to resolve the issue amicably by Sept. 1

State Highways Minister M P Swaminathan held talks with the office bearers of Powerloom Job workers Association last night at Tirupur. “We are sticking to our demand and urged him to convince the producers to pay the wages as agreed upon,” Velusamy, president of the association, told PTI.

Mr. Swaminathan held talks with Textile Producers Association this afternoon.

The Minister has called the office bearers of workers association for another round of talks this evening,Mr. Velusamy said.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.