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Costly comber forcing Tamil Nadu's open-end spinners to go on strike

Open-end spinning mills, which produce yarn for home textiles like mops, mats, and kitchen towels, have announced a strike from November * to November **, ****. It was announced by Tamil Nadu bases The Open-end Spinning Mills’ Association (OSMA). Additionally, master weavers in the Tiruppur and Coimbatore districts are already on strike from November *. 

The mills have been operating at a mere ** per cent capacity for the past six months. "We have decided to halt production to avoid further losses," stated the association.