Summary:
Darjeeling: The management of Ambotia Tea declared a lockout in the garden since Tuesday morning. Workers on arriving at the gates of the tea estate in Kurseong on Tuesday morning saw a suspension of work notice pasted by the management. The agitation had included blockade on the dispatch of tea, go slow, gate meetings and pen down strike in the tea garden offices. There was indiscipline and disregarding the requests of the management and the trade unions," stated Sandeep Mukherjee, principal advisor, Darjeeling Tea Association. The operating trade unions will be sitting in a meeting with the Assistant Labour Commissioner over the lockout issue..