The West Bengal labour department has convened a tripartite meeting on Tuesday to break the impasse on Hindustan Motors which declared suspension of work at Uttarpara plant on Saturday.
Facing acute shortage of funds and lack of demand for its Ambassador cars, the HM management declared the suspension of work throwing into uncertainty the future of around 2,500 employees, including both workers and managerial personnel.
“The labour Department has convened a tripartite meeting tomorrow at the Deputy labour Commissioner’s office on Hindustan Motors,” labour Commissioner Javed Akhtar told the news agency.
“The company has declared suspension of work at the Uttarpara plant. We can always dissuade the HM management to lift the lock-out,” Akhtar said. HR professionals told PTI that no management was able to declare a closure or lock-out due to reasons like funds crunch or lack of demand of products.