Toll plaza employees threaten to go on strike from May 20
The Hindu
The Tamil Nadu Sunga Saavadi Paniyalar Kootamaippu has decided that employees working in various toll plazas functioning on national highways would resort to strike from May 20 onwards if their demand
The Tamil Nadu Sunga Saavadi Paniyalar Kootamaippu has decided that employees working in various toll plazas functioning on national highways would resort to strike from May 20 onwards if their demands such as job permanency, fixation of wages, job security and other pending issues were not resolved through talks with the National Highways Authority of India before May 15. A resolution to this effect was adopted at the State general body meeting of the CPI-affiliated Kootamaippu held here on Sunday. Over 120 representatives of 32 toll plazas functioning across the State attended the meeting that was presided over by the Kootamaippu president K. Ravi.
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