INDIA TEXTILE STRIKERS WARN OF ESCALATION
June 1st, 2012
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA IN NEW DELHI
JUNE 27: INDUSTRIAL action in India's textile hub of Ahmedabad, Gujarat state, continues as distrust between 6,000 strikers and the Textile Labour Association (TLA), their official union, provoked warnings the strike could spread.
"TLA is not acting in the best interests of the labourers," said Yashpal Jaiswal, an unofficial leader of strikers who downed tools June 4 in support of higher wages. "It can no longer dictate terms." Jaiswal told j-s that if the TLA and four local mills did not meet demands, the ...
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