Seeking to draw the attention of the Central and state Governments to their plight, employees of handset maker Nokia India's manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur near here on Monday staged a one-day fast demanding job security.
More than 3,000 employees, mostly in the 20-30 age group and a majority of them women, wearing black badges, took part in the protest, spearheaded by the Nokia India Thozhilalargal Sangam (Employees Union) near the State Guest House here.
"Central and state governments should come forward and ensure that there was no job loss due to the proposed transfer of assets of Nokia to Microsoft (as per the $ 7. 2billion deal)," Union Honorary President A Soundararajan, MlA, said.
The employees are up against the company's indication of "retrenchment or closure of the plant". "We do not want any job losses. We have been working at the plant since it began operations at Sriperumbudur," an employee told the new agency