Hosiery owners ask unions to scale down wage hike demand

Hosiery and garment manufacturers' associations in nearby Tirupur today appealed to the trade unions to reconsider their demand for 100 per cent increase in the wages.

The appeal was made by Joint Committee of five associations of manufacturers associaition, including South India Hosiery Manufacturers' Assocation, Tirupur Exporters Association, which met this evening to discuss the demand by the Joint Action Committee of Trade Unions.

As the manufacturers' were not in a position to give 100 per cent increase, the committee appealed to the trade unions to reconsider it and give a new proposal, a release said.