Plantation workers stage march

They seek enhancement of daily wages to ₹600, ESI scheme implementation

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,KERALA::21/12/2017:: Plantation workers take out a march to the Secretariat on Thursday under the banner of the jointaction council to press various demands including minimum wages and housing................Photo: S_Gopakumar

Thousands of plantation workers staged a joint march to the Secretariat here on Thursday to press their demand for enhancement of daily wages to ₹600.

Inaugurating the march, CITU leader Anathalavattom Anandan said the plantation workers would launch a strong agitation if there was no favourable response from the government to their demand.

The other demands of the plantation workers include rejection of the Rajamanikiam Committee report, support for replanting of rubber, payment of 30 days’ gratuity to workers of plantations that have been remaining closed and implement the ESI scheme.