Statesman News Service
MALDA, June 18: The Central Labour Commission has convened a meeting in Kolkata tomorrow to sort out the problem of labour unrest at a bottling plant of Indian Oil Corporation in Malda. The CITU-led labour union has called a cease- work over the past few days demanding an increment for the workers and recruitment of more labourers into the plant. Fearing law-and-order problem, the IOC authorities had closed down the plant on 14 June. Owing to the closure of the bottling plant, the IOC authorities find it difficult to supply LPG cylinders not only in Malda, but in other two districts ~ North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur ~ as well. LPG dealers fear that if the plant remains closed for more days, there would be an acute crisis of LPG cylinders in the region. The Malda additional district magistrate, Mr Bhabani Prasad Barat, said: “The administration is watching the situation. If the labour commission fails to sort out the problem, we will step in to end the deadlock.” Tomorrow’s meeting in Kolkata will be held between the management of the IOC, contractors and union leaders. The plant-in-charge of the closed bottling plant of the IOC, Mr S Mukherjee, said they were not in a position to increase the wages before the expiry of the existing agreement with the contractors. The labourers are not directly related to the IOC bottling plant as they work under the contractors. The CITU-led labour organisation has said the present wage structure for was not at all acceptable.
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