Around 134 employees of the government-run Puducherry Agro Service and Industries Corporation Ltd. (PASIC) were arrested on Wednesday after they picketed the Chief Secretariat, demanding immediate payment of salaries pending for the last 57 months.
Protesters arrested
The workers, led by R. Ramesh, president of the PASIC Workers’ Union, took out a procession to picket the office.
However, the police barricaded the road. At one stage, some workers climbed over the barricades. They were rounded up and arrested.
According to K. Sethu Selvam, State council member of the CPI, the management had failed to disburse salaries to the employees, including voucher-based and daily-rated workers for the last 57 months.
The government was violating all labour laws and should immediately disburse salary arrears, he said.
