M. Manoharan, a power loom worker in Tiruppur told IANS, "We are treated badly, we weave the cotton yarn into beautiful material or rather convert the cotton yarn to the beautiful cloth materials, but we are never given any recognition and we don't want that. However, we need a hike in our wages that was stagnant since 2014, and even after the tripartite talks deciding that wages would be hiked by 20 to 25 per cent, nothing happened and we had to resort to this strike. Hope the authorities will open their eyes at least now."