Statesman News Service
MALDA, Nov. 16: The management officials of East End Silk, a private silk waste industrial unit in Malda, inaugurated by chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in 2001, were allegedly confined in a room last night by hundreds of protesting workers backed by the Citu.The workers, meanwhile, have announced a cease work from tomorrow. Sources said trouble broke out after a dialogue between the management and the union members over fresh agreement failed last night.The management officials of the unit, meanwhile, have urged the Malda district administration to provide them adequate security in the wake of violent protest by the Citu-backed workers. The settlement was postponed yesterday following an altercation between the management and the union members. The workers, it was learnt, became violent apparently due to the reluctance of the management to accept their demands. The workers, meanwhile, launched a fresh agitation in front of the EES factory at Narayanpur here in support of their multiple demands. Sources said that the managing director of the EES, Mr Mostaque Hossian, is close to chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. It was Mr Bhattacharjee who inaugurated the silk unit in 2001. The EES mainly produces yarn and sliver from silk wastes and exports them to Italy and other countries. “We have sent a letter to the district magistrate seeking protection. A copy of the letter has also been forwarded to the Citu leadership,” said Mr MK Jain, manager, EES. “We are apprehending a fresh attack by the agitating union leaders”, Mr Jain, said. The Malda district secretary of Citu, Mr Pranab Das, on his part, said: “The decision to start a cease work was taken by the workers, and not by us. They are frustrated for getting poor wages. A fresh wage agreement was supposed to be signed on 1 April 2006. But the agreement is yet to be finalized”, Mr Das alleged. He, however, said that the Citu would soon sort out the dispute with the management.
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