Kani: hello, we have Subathrama, Iyapakkam incharge. Come lets talk to her. Hello how are you? Subathra: I am doing good. K: What work are you and your husband doing? How many kids do you have? S: I am a tailor and my husband is a welder. I have 2 daughters. K: When did you came to know about PTS? S: 7-8 years back i came to know about it. Through a known person i came to union. She joined me here. Santhanamari mam was there at that time. I like what all she spoke. So i became member here. K: Ok, you came here as a worker. The how did you become the incharge of the union? S: i used to come to union. I liked the way they used to talk. I used to participate in meetings. I started joining member to the union. So they made me as incharge. K: Ok. So far how many people did you join in union? S: More than 50 members. i have joined all types of workers like Domestic helpers, tailors, flower sellers, construction workers. K: Very good. Have you organised for meeting in your area? S: Sumathi mam and Santhanamari mam came to our area and conducted the meeting. They made to sit all the workers and started talking. From then even i started to conduct meeting. K: We have given Job information record book to all domestic helpers. Whether all the domestic helpers of your area noting in that? S: They are taking the book daily. What time they are going, what time they are coming back, how many hours are they working, they are recording everything. Those who dont know to write, they are taking the help of their kids and recording it. K: Good. You are making the use of book in a right way. Are you listening to Urimai kural regularly? S: Yes. Pudhu vidiyal drama is really nice, i like it very much. They are acting so well. They are showing all the things a domestic helper go through. K:OK. Now there is a survey happening in Urimai kural by pressing number 9. Do you know about it? S: I dont know about it. K: Ok. Now you please press 9 and answer the questions asked. Please tell everyone in your area too.
