Coimbatore: Members of the South India Hosiery Manufacturers Association on Wednesday requested chief minister M K Stalin to allow them to resume business with 50% workforce from June 15.“The state government has allowed export units to operate with 10% of workforce.
With such a low manpower, it is impossible to do business as it will create a lot of problems.
The state government should have discussed with industrialists before taking the decision,” president of the association Viking A C Eswaran said.
“More than half of the workers have already left for their native places.
Those who are staying at industries’ hostels want us to send them back to their native places or provide them work at least for a few hours a day.
If we allow them to return to their native places, they might not come back.
If we resume the business, we will face labour shortages, which will add to our burden.
Already, industries are reeling under severe labour shortage,” Eswaran said.
“To hold back the workers and to resume business operations in a smooth manner, we request the CM to allow us resume work with 50% workforce from Tuesday.”Meanwhile, Coimbatore south MLA Vanathi Srinivasan met Union labour minister Santosh Gangwar and submitted a memorandum on behalf of industrial associations.