After 19 days of a dharna by the workers of Birla Tyres and their families, the plant here began its operation on Tuesday after the impasse between the workers and the management was resolved on Monday following a meeting by the intervention of the district Collector in the presence of the District Labour officer.
The workers would receive 15 days’ salary within a couple of days and the rest salary would be paid within two weeks.
Nine months’ salary arrears which were pending would be paid in a phased manner when resource would be available.
Plant head Debasis Roy said the unit began operations in a normal manner.
The workers’ main demands were salary for nine months, reinstatement of 15 retrenched workers, factory’s full month running, financial compensation to accident victims and deceased’s families and retirement benefits.
The standoff had continued even after the intervention of Union Minister and local MP Pratap Sarangi. Reportedly, the Union Labour Minister urged the State Labour Minister to resolve the issue through discussions.
District Collector K Sudarshan Chakravarhy, District Labour Officer Sanjay Pradhan, unit head Debasis Roy and HR and IR head Himansu Patra, representatives of eight unions were present in the discussions.