Garment workers Face Charges for Defending our Pension

[Garment & Leather Workers - Related News]

It is over a month since the Garment Workers of Bangalore took to the roads in defence of our provident funds. For a sector of workers, toiling at minimum wage with no job security, PF was the only source of savings that they could fall back on during the lean years. Outraged at a Government that intended to lock this hard earned wage, they rose in revolt, brought a city to stand still and in doing so, forced the government to revert an anti worker policy. Every workers, especially the skilled formal white collar workers, have benefitted immensely from this courageous actions of the Garment workers. Yet the Workers themselves have suffered incalculable costs. Many were injured when police resorted to extreme violence to disburse the assembled workers. Over 300 people, have been charged with numerous offences by the Bangalore police, even though the protests were by and large peaceful. The workers have had to shell out heavily to obtain bails.