After welfare push, Stalin meets select sanitary staff; labour unions stay away
P Srinivasalu, general secretary of Chennai Corporation Red Flag Union, told TNIE, 'We have been seeking an appointment to meet the CM since July to present our demands against privatisation, but got no response. Now, the corporation invited us to thank him, but we did not go as we want to firmly present our demands, not merely join to thank him.'
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- The Hindu
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United News of India
4 hours ago
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- Time of India
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