Mangalore, August 12, 2014: On August 12th, Tuesday an indefinite strike is started by the CITU demanding the hiked Rs 21.15 Dearness Allowance to be put in effect from April 2014 in front of the Bharath Beedi office at Kadri.
The protestor’s complianed that that the managements were not striving towards the welfare of the work force and they were cheated without providing the DA due to them. They also stated that the beedi workers were finding it difficult to make a living in this age of hiking prices of commodities.
At the venue ,J Balakrishna Shetty, Secretary of CITU, V Seetaram Berinja, Secretary of South Canara Beedi Workers Federation and others were seen.
