A textile workers association has asked the Centre to constitute a national level wage board for workers in the sector saying such boards in a number of segments had proved helpful.
The textile sector had been registering good growth in the country but the plight of the workers continued to cause concern. The wage structure was also not of help to them, the All India Textile Workers Federation said.
Briefing reporters on resolutions adopted on the concluding day of the two-day meeting of the Federation Executive, General Secretary of the Tamil Nadu AITUC T M Moorthy said the meeting felt that a wage board should be constituted and its recommendations implemented for the good of 3.5 crore workers directly employed in textile industries.
Wage boards set up in various other sectors had proved to be helpful, he said.
Claiming that the industry's share in foreign exchange earnings was considerable, he said the Central and State governments should take effective action to ameliorate the lot of the workers. There should be undelayed initiatives to rehabilitate those affected by closure of textile industries.
The meeting was attended by delegates from many states like Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Punjab, besides the union territory of Puducherry.
