
CHENNAI: Hundreds of employees of Tasmac staged a wait-in protest in Chennai on Tuesday, demanding job security, time-scale salary, permanent jobs and other benefits.
The protesters had planned to gather in front of the Tasmac managing director’s office in Egmore and march towards the secretariat. However, before they could begin, the police detained nearly 1,000 employees and kept them in two different locations.
According to sources, police had arrested over 1,000 employees on Monday itself to prevent any untoward incident.