As the dead-lock still continues in Dunlop's Sahagunj plant, leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly Suryakanta Mishra has now written a letter to chief minister Mamata Banerjee asking necessary steps to reopen the tyre-manufacturing unit in Hooghly ditrict.
Mishra has asked the government to “convene a tri-partrite meeting” involving the management, government representatives and union leaders “to sort out the labour issues at the earliest”.
“The matters should be resolved soon. I have written twice to Chief Minister,” Mishra said. The letter has also been sent to industry minister Partha Chatterjee and labour minister Purnendu Bose.
After the Sahaganj plant had gone under suspension of work on October 8 for the third time since Pawan Kumar Ruia's acquisition of Dunlop in 2005 from the Manohar Rajaram Chhabria’s Jumbo group, the management announced to lift the suspension of work at its Sahaganj plant in 'a phased manner' as part of his 'last attempt' to revive the plant.
The Dunlop management wanted to engage the plant in the production of the industrial products (IP) in the first phase, which would be followed by production of OTR (large tyres). This means, the withdrawal of stop-work notice offered by Ruia, would have helped about 200 workers of industrial product division of total of about 800 employees to get back their jobs in the first go, as they were supposed to be engaged in repairing work.
But, the dead-lock still continues in the plant as the phase-wise withdrawal of the suspension of work failed to appease the workers.
The trade unions as well as the state government has been demanding an unconditional withdrawal of suspension of work notice with all 800 workers.