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Jul 13, 2020, 5 tweets

600 women garment workers have been protesting against illegal lay off by Gokuldas exports, a supplier to @hm, in Srirangapatna, (Kar). behanbox.com/600-women-garm…

Pratibha, president of Garment Workers union tells us about why the women workers are protesting.
#WomenWorkersRights behanbox.com/600-women-garm…

"Gokuldas wants to close the factory in the garb of the pandemic 'coz it is heavily unionised. It is an attempt to kill women workers' rights" , says Pratibha, leader of GATWU on the 1 month long protests by garment workers in Srirangapatna. #WomenWorkersRights

Cc @WorkingClassIn1 @SwathiSivanand @vinaysreeni

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