Recession hit the diamond business! Production decreased by 21 percent, 10,000 workers lost their jobs, huge cut in salary
According to rough estimates of the union, around 10,000 diamond workers have lost their jobs in the last few months due to production cuts and closure of small units. The union is demanding that the state strictly enforce labor laws in the diamond sector, which should be covered under the Factories Act, where workers get provident funds, fixed working hours, and other social and health security benefits, which Other laborers meet.
At present, diamond workers have no social security, complains Ramesh Jilaria, president of the Surat Diamond Union, as they are not registered employees and are not filing pay slips or income tax returns, so they do not get other benefits.
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