Provide assistance to all workers: Labour unions

TNN | Updated: Apr 23, 2020, 10:47 IST

COIMBATORE: Members of the joint committee of the trade unions of all unorganised construction workers association on Wednesday urged collector K Rajamani to take steps to provide aid worth Rs 2,000 and essential commodities to all workers.
“Following the state government’s direction, the labour department has been distributing the assistance and essential commodities worth Rs 650 to the construction workers and auto drivers who are registered with its welfare board. But so far, only 40% of them had received it,” said R Velusamy, a board member of the district monitoring committee of the welfare board.
Pointing out that the department had the details of the workers who had earlier availed benefits like the marriage assistance fund, he said that the officials are still in the process of collecting details from the remaining registered workers. “Due to manpower shortage and other practical difficulties like slow internet connection, there has been a delay in uploading the details.”