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Workers protest over wage hike, halts operations at Lubi Industries
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|May 07, 2026
Tensions erupted at Lubi Industries LLP in Ahmedabad on Wednesday after more than 500 employees launched a sudden strike over salary hikes and overtime disputes, briefly bringing operations at the manufacturing facility to a standstill.
The protest, which unfolded at the company’s unit in the Saijpur Bogha-Naroda Road industrial belt near Memco, saw workers gather inside the premises and shut the factory doors in a dramatic show of anger. For hours, the facility remained locked as employees demanded immediate action on long-
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