Recycled Textile Federation requests Coimbatore Collector to end the ghat production stoppage

Since the power loom strike has caused losses to O.E. Spinning mills, Jayapal, the state president of the Recycled Textile Federation and the mill administrators, requested the Coimbatore Collector to reach an amicable solution between the power looms and textile manufacturers and end the strike.
In the requests they submitted to the Collector, they stated that the business is mostly done by negotiating prices between textile manufacturers and job work providers.
They had stated that only the power looms of Coimbatore Tirupur district, which produce ghat, have been in a state of compromise regarding job work fees for the past quarter of a century, with the government intervening.
They said that they are demanding a wage hike from the 2022 contract wage, and that the production stoppage has been announced until it is received, and that the spinning mills that were selling yarn to this area are facing severe hardships and economic losses.
Since this situation continues from time to time in Coimbatore district, it is reverberating in other areas as well, causing a fall in prices across the state and spinning mills are facing losses.
“The workers working in the spinning mills have lost their jobs and due to the decline in cash flow due to the decline in sales, we are facing severe hardships as we are unable to repay loans to banks, pay electricity bills, and pay suppliers for goods purchased,” they said, explaining their position that whether the spinning mill is operating or not, the LTCT electricity bill is Rs. 17950 and HT. Consumers should pay the demand charge purchased between Rs. 2 lakh and 4.5 lakh.
Therefore, they requested that this be canceled until the strike ends and time be given to pay the re-payment and commercial tax.
“We request the Honorable District Collector to understand our situation and bring an amicable solution between the power loom and textile manufacturers and end the strike,” the federation said.