CITU members demand allocation of funds for welfare board of unorganised sector workers
The Hindu
Members of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Tuesday staged a demonstration near the Legislative Assembly to press for their demands, including allocation of funds for the welfare board for unorganised sector workers
Members of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Tuesday staged a demonstration near the Legislative Assembly to press for their demands, including allocation of funds for the welfare board for unorganised sector workers.
The workers took out a rally from the Bus Stand and as the march reached the Immaculate Church area, they staged a demonstration near the Legislative Assembly. The workers are demanding steps to fix ₹26,000 as minimum wages and allocation of funds for proper functioning of the welfare board for unorganised sector workers.
The CITU wanted the government to disburse ₹5,000 as festival allowance ahead of Deepavali and immediate reopening of ration shops.
CPI(M) secretary R. Rajangam, Tamil Nadu CITU general secretary Sugumaran and CITU Puducherry secretary Sreenivasan participated in the protest.

On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












