Powerloom units resume production
14 years, 10 months ago

Powerloom units resume production

The Hindu  

The production in over 40,000 power looms in different parts of Erode district resumed on Monday as the owners of the units called off their strike. Powerloom owners in Veerappan Chatram and a few other parts in the district went on an indefinite on April 26 protesting against the raising cotton yarn prices and unannounced power cuts. The weaving sector, the second largest employer in the district, was severely affected due to the sharp increase in the cotton yarn prices. The units were not able to accept new orders as the prices of the yarn continued to rise despite the Government announcing various measures, including the removal of incentive given for cotton yarn exports. “We have decided to call off the strike considering the difficulties faced by the families of the weavers,” Veerappan Chatram Power Loom Owners Association Secretary M. Annathurai said.

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Powerlooms going out of business because of low wages, say job working powerloom weavers
1 week, 2 days ago

Powerlooms going out of business because of low wages, say job working powerloom weavers

The Hindu  

About 50,000 powerlooms have been destroyed and sold for scrap in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts in the last three to four years because of unviable prices that the job workers get, S.E. Bhoopathi, president of the Federation of Coimbatore-Tiruppur district Job Working Powerloom Owners Association, said. Nearly 1.25 lakh powerloom workers have been on strike in the two districts since …

Powerloom units demand wage hike, start protest in Tamil Nadu
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Powerloom units demand wage hike, start protest in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

TIRUPPUR: Around 10,000 powerloom unit owners from Tiruppur started an indefinite strike on Friday and hoisted black flags in their units demanding wage hike. S E Boopathy, treasurer of Coimbatore and Tiruppur powerloom owners association, said, “We take job orders from textile manufacturers, produce fabric, and supply to them. Wage increases have been in effect every three years since 1992 …

Weavers call off strike in Textile Park
7 years, 10 months ago

Weavers call off strike in Textile Park

The Hindu  

The indefinite strike called by the powerloom weavers affiliated to CITU demanding increase in their wages entered second day in the textile town here on Tuesday. The weavers working in the Textile Park have, however, called off their strike following an assurance given by the owners to increase the wages as per agreement made earlier. The Textile Park powerloom owners …

Coimbatore powerloom owners to stop production on rising yarn prices
8 years ago

Coimbatore powerloom owners to stop production on rising yarn prices

Deccan Chronicle  

Coimbatore: Powerloom owners in this city and nearby Tirupur District will stop production from Wednesday protesting against fluctuating yarn prices, which they claimed alleged has seriously profit margins. "The increase in yarn prices for the last few months has seriously affected the profit margin of powerloom owners, who have a total of over two lakh powerlooms in both districts," Velusamy, …

Powerloom unit owners to begin strike today
9 years, 2 months ago

Powerloom unit owners to begin strike today

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupur: The job working powerloom unit owners in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts will begin an indefinite strike on Thursday over weaving charge issue as planned, as the talks held by Tirupur district collector on Wednesday failed to convince them to give up the protest. The pact for weaving charge revision was signed between the job working power loom unit owners …

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