Mamata Banerjee8217;s olive branch to Tatas: Disbands hotel union within 12 hrs

Earlier in the day,the hotel premises saw party workers waving Trinamool flags and shouting slogans demanding justice from the management. They celebrated the birth of the union by distributing rasgullas at the gate meeting.

While top INTTUC leaders denied knowledge of such a union coming up,local leaders said they had informed the party. We dont know about Tatas,we set up the union keeping in view the interests of the employees, said Biplab Mitra,president of 74 block Trinamool Congress at Alipore where the hotel is situated.

While leaders like Partha Chatterjee and Dola Sen disapproved of such a union,Subrata Mukherjee,president of INTTUC and Panchayat Minister,found nothing wrong in setting up the outfit. Hotel industry is also an industry and there is nothing wrong in setting up union there. Whats wrong if the hotel belongs to the Tatas, he said.