Essma mill dispute settled

AMRITSAR, Dec 25: Minister for Labour, Employment and Local Self Government Balramji Das Tandon has settled the dispute between the management and workers of the local Essma Woollen Mill, GT Road and its branch at Ram Tirath Road.

According to Tandon, there was a lock-out in the mill after a dispute between the management and workers on May 15, 1998. After the lifting of the lock-out, many workers refused to join duty. Such workers were dismissed on October 15, 8217;98 after carrying out of inquiries. As a result the mill had not been working since the last seven months.

The minister added that he held a meeting with representatives of workers and its management here last evening. Suresh Mehra and Pardip Kumar Saini participated from the management8217;s side and Harbhajan Singh, Dara Singh, Murlidhar, Rattan Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Gurmukh Singh and Inder Singh Kaka represented the workers at the meeting.