The Birla Tyres United Forum, an umbrella body of Birla Tyres at Chhanpur here, opposed a suo mutto intervention of the District Collector’s when a long-term settlement between the management of the company and the registered unions was in progress. The representatives of eight unions in a Press brief on Wednesday condemned the pro active role of the district Collector in which the latter convened a meeting in his office for a settlement.
The union leaders said, “The Collector’s intervention during the bipartite agreement is unwarranted. A long term settlement between the management and unions while was in progress and has been running smoothly what is the necessity of the district head’s intervention for a tripartite discussion. The bipartite agreement is in progress but before anything emerges out of it, the Collector asked for a meeting on April 23. In the letter, he invited former Remuna MlA Sudarshan Jena.”
The united forum questioned why only Jena was invited to the meeting and why not former MlA Pradipta Panda, Nilgiri MlA Sukant Nayak and Baleswar MP RK Jena.
The forum further alleged the Collector was being misled by a sitting MlA of the district. The union members further alleged that the Collector’s unwarranted intervention for a tripartite discussion would jeopardize the interest of the workers and further it would harm the peace and tranquility of the plant.