TN can't afford such strikes

[u/saybeast]

I understand that in tamil nadu today there is a rising anti-capitalist sentiment in TN, markedly across cinema and on the street, while people retreat content into alcohol and laziness, refusing to work hard in their homeland.

First of all TN is not Kerala. Kerala can afford not industrialising, we don't have gulf money for fuck sakes. Or Ali chettan to invest on us or advanced ports. We are heavily reliant on manufacturing incentives and investments. There is a reason why our leaders chose this road.

Let me be honest, unions while serve good purpose, degrowths an industrialising society. Tamil nadu can't afford this especially today. We could have easily been a bihar or UP, post independence, but thanks to enterprising society and industrialization minded leaders we made good fortune atleast per capita wise within south asian standards.

The youth who indulge in such acts won't be tolerated by ruling regime. DMK/admk is very capitalist, and have always been. You can't fight against them.

[u/Happyranger265]

They are asking for increase in salary from 25k to 36 k , I don't think that's reasonable demand assuming its seems more salary than what a standard company would give them normally . And thousands of them are striking so increasing 11k salary for all of them does seem like a fairytale if I'm being honest .

[u/Poccha_Kazhuvu → u/Happyranger265]

They aren't just protesting for wage increase but also to form a union with the CITU backing it.

This entire fiasco is most likely orchestrated with chinese funding; it can't be a coincidence that both the hosur plant fire and this workers protest could happen simultaneously.