PAPSCO workers stage protest
The Hindu
Workers of Puducherry Agro Products and Civil Supplies Corporation protest non-payment of salary arrears using wet towel demonstration.
In a novel protest, workers of the AITUC-affiliated Puducherry Agro Products and Civil Supplies Corporation Limited (PAPSCO) on Wednesday lay on their backs with a wet towel draped over their bare stomach to draw attention to non-payment of salary arrears.
The workers adopted the wet towel protest that is associated with dire deprivation in front of the Agriculture Market Committee office at Thattanchavady to highlight their plight as PAPSCO had failed to release salary dues for months together.
AITUC general secretary Sethu Selvam said in a press release that the workers are without salary for the last several months. They are struggling to run the family without any income. The government has failed to address the issues of cooperative sector, he said.
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