Garment workers start postcard campaign for wages

Category: General

Country: India

Region: Karnataka

by AR ADMIN
13-January-2023  |  1 min read

Demanding minimum wages as per the current standards, around four lakh garment workers in Karnataka have launched a protest campaign. Thousands of workers sent hand-written postcards to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and shared the details of their companies. In the coming days, more workers are likely to send similar postcards.

The worker's long pending demand is to notify Rs. 445.7 plus variable dearness allowance since 2018.

As per media reports, Prathiba R, President, Garments and Textile Workers Union (GATWU) said, “If the Government does not respond positively and issue a new order at the earliest, we will be forced to take to the streets and boycott work. No politician is concerned about the well-being of garment workers and this should not continue unaddressed.”

She further added that she hopes that the Government will understand garment worker's plight. “All we are demanding is our right to basic wages.”

The union last year submitted a memorandum at the Chief Secretary’s office demanding that the Government notify new rates that are in line with present standards of living.

The State Government’s labour department was in process of detailed discussions with the industry on this issue and expected to notify the revised rates but it is still not notified.

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