The members of the CITU Powerloom Workers Union staged a demonstration in front of the Samiampalayam panchayat office near here on Monday urging the government to withdraw the recent steep power tariff hike. The demonstration was also in support of the powerloom units which are on strike for the above demand. More than 25,000 workers are employed in the powerloom units Namakkal, Salem and Komarapalayam. The steep hike in the power tariff had badly hit the powerloom units, and in turn the livelihood of the hundreds of workers employed in them. The powerloom unit owners are on indefinite strike demanding the withdrawal of the hike. The Katheri branch of the CITU Powerloom Workers Union staged the demonstration in support of the powerloom unit owners strike. M. Marimuthu, secretary of the union, led the agitation, when K. C. Gopi, Salem district president of the union and others spoke highlighting the demand.
- Special Correspondent
