Welfare Measure Provided to Employees in Dyeing Units at Tirupur

Abstract

Tirupur cluster is estimated to be one lakh distributed to skilled, semi skilled and
unskilled workers and another one lakh people are employed in activities which relate to the
forward, and backward linkages within the industry such as cotton ginning, yarn, spinning,
embroidery, calendaring, heat setting, compacting, printing of different types, label making,
ballooning, stuttering, button making, dyeing, zip making, plastic hangers making, polythene
bag making, packing and the numerous other related service activities which are increasing
in number. These workers are mainly from neighboring villages and from agricultural
districts that faces severe unemployment problem. The wages are settled mostly on piece rate
basis, however wide wage differences exist due to variations in the nature of work and the
stages of knitwear production. This study helps to know the employees’ perception about their
satisfaction of welfare measures provided by the management. It also studies the employees’
problems and gives suitable suggestions. This study is an attempt to analyse the employees’
grievance in Tirupur dyeing industry.