"Hosiery workers in Tiruppur demand withdrawal of minimum wages notification", 20 March 2025

Labourers employed in the hosiery knitwear units in Tiruppur have demanded the withdrawal of the minimum wages notification issued by the Tamil Nadu government in February.

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According to the trade unions, the draft notification issued in February 2024 recommended basic wages of ₹8,090 and Dearness Allowance of ₹28 for every point about 160 points. However, the final notification says the DA will be ₹23.19 for every point about 196 points.

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The government has not taken into account the suggestions given by trade unions and the minimum wages recommended are not adequate.

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When the minimum wages were revised in 2014, a group of garment manufacturers went to court. In 2018, the government took a minimum wages notification issued almost five decades earlier and revised it. The minimum wages thus decided were less than the wages that the workers were getting based on an agreement between the industry and the trade unions, claimed trade union sources in Tiruppur.

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In 2024, the State government issued a draft minimum wages notification and the final notification was issued in February this year. If the wages are calculated on a scientific basis, a worker should get almost ₹33,000 a month, the sources said.