Trade Unions in Valparai protest to reduce working hours for tea estate workers to avoid risk of contracting Covid-19
Coimbatore: More than 50,000 workers are employed in tea plantations in Valparai in Coimbatore district. The second wave of the Coronavirus has affected a large number of tea estate workers with many succumbing to it.
This has caused much fear and panic among the workers. Hence tea plantation trade unions staged a protest at the Valparai Gandhi Statue premises at 2 pm demanding for work shifts to be only until 2 pm, prevent workers from travellingin lorries and to provide masks, gloves and sanitisers to all the workers.
This has caused much fear and panic among the workers. Hence tea plantation trade unions staged a protest at the Valparai Gandhi Statue premises at 2 pm demanding for work shifts to be only until 2 pm, prevent workers from travellingin lorries and to provide masks, gloves and sanitisers to all the workers.