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Telugu Film Industry Workers To Resume Work From June 24

The workers of ꦇthe Telugu film industry are ready to start working after reaching a settlement that their demand for a wage hike will be looked into by the committee.

Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce
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The Telugu film industry workers on Thursday decided to resume work from June 24 following an agreement with producers that ꧂a coordination committee would look into their demand for a hike in wages.

The panel would be headed byꦍ top movie 🧔producer 'Dil' Raju.

The fi⛦lm workers have꧒ been protesting since Wednesday over their demand for better wages.

Leading produ🥃cer C Kalyan said shootings would take place as usual from Friday.

The coordination committee would take up🍎 the issue tomorro𝔍w to decide on the quantum of the hike, he said.

A representative of the agitating employees said they are happy that the producer🧸s were ready to effect an enhancement in salaries. They are ready to get back to work from Friday, he added.

F❀ilm shootings here were disrupted on Wednesday as hundreds of cinema wo🦄rkers held a protest pressing for their demand.

The proteꦜsting workers, who included personnel from various film crafts, had said their wages are revised ev💝ery three years and it was due in about one and half years mainly because of COVID-19.

[With Inputs from PTI]

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