Giving a call for a strike on May 12, the joint committee of all trade unions comprising CITU, AITUC, INTUC and the ruling DMK-affiliated LPF on Monday opposed the Factories (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act 2023 which provides for increasing duty hours beyond eight-hour shifts in factories. The Anna Thozhirsanga Sanga Peravai of the AIADMK also opposed the amendment.
At a meeting attended by the Public Works Department (PWD) Minister E.V. Velu, Micro, Small and Medium Industries Minister T.M. Anbarasan and Labour Minister Welfare C.V. Ganesan at the Secretariat, they urged the government to withdraw the Bill adopted in the Assembly.
“It is highly regrettable. We did not expect it from the DMK government,” said A. Soundararajan, leader of the CITU.
