Textile production in Tirupur knitwear cluster was paralysed on Wednesday( 21.12.2011) following the one-day strike observed by leading trade unions condemning the delay in revising workers' wages though the previous wage accord expired a year ago.
Agitated over the textile manufacturers' apathy to the welfare of employees, about 1.5 lakh workers in tailoring, cutting, checking, folding and packing departments in 4,500 units did not attend any shift today.
Trade unions
Trade unions like CITU, INTUC, LPF, MLF and AITUC, which called for the agitation, demanded hike in basic salaries and introduction of perks like house rent allowance and leave travel assistance, among others, in the new wage agreement.
“We are also asking the unit owners to implement the wage agreement with retrospective effect from January 1 this year as the previous wage pact lost its validity in December, 2010,” the union leaders said.
A section of the workers feels that the union leaders are also not fully sincere in pressing for the demands during the wage talks held on the previous occasion.
“Demands like HRA and a few other perks figure in the agenda every year but they are never met. Many unionists are soft in dealing with entrepreneurs contrary to the image they project,” they said.
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