New Delhi: Apparel sector workers of Surat have down tools over what they term poor wages. Surat, which is famous for textile industries in India, is affected in many factories because of this.
Why Are Workers on Strike?
The primary cause of the strike is that workers demand more wages. They contend that the current wages enable them not to compete with inflation and other operational costs hence making it difficult to run a basic regimen.
They are also dissatisfied on working conditions. Some describe the factories as having long working hours and some complained of poor working conditions. Besides, the various problems such as job insecurity and meager remuneration have compounded their woes.
How Is the Industry Affected?
It is an unwelcome development that has threatened to paralyze production in many of the textile units. Firms cannot operate, production lines are idle, consumer orders hold up and executives suffer losses. Surat is one of the largest grounded textile exporting hubs in India and in this aspect, any long-turning setback can impact the investor community along with defaming the Indian textile exporting sector.
Businessmen are concerned about the economic effect since the textile industry is a source of employment and is crucial to the state economy.
Managers and factory owners are being pressured to have some meeting with worker representatives and come up with a solution. Some of the factory owners are willing to give what the workers want, which is to have their wages raised, but they also explain that any raise should be doable. They establish how the workers go through several difficulties but also explain the loss encountered with wavering markets.
The Bigger Picture
This strike in Surat refrain is, not the first of its kind happening in India. Employees across sectors are demanding to be paid more, and have improved conditions of service especially after the financial strain pegged on the COVID 19 outbreak.
