Future-Amazon deal: Women staff appeal to PM Modi for help over job loss fears

In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Women of Big Bazaar SOS group said: “Future Retail and Reliance had entered into an arrangement through which Future’s retail stores will continue to be operated by Reliance. Reliance has also committed to clear all debts and dues owed by Future Retail to suppliers and vendors.” “Since we had been facing tough times during the pandemic, this deal provided us with a lot of hope and confidence for our continued livelihoods. However, Amazon... has tried to stop this tie-up, and consequently our future and that of our families hangs precariously,” it added. 

The group wrote to the prime minister on the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8.