Kolkata Oct 11 (IANS) As many as 600 tea workers have lost their jobs as Turturi tea garden in West Bengal s Alipurduar district has been closed a union leader said on Wednesday.
"Turturi tea garden remained shut as the management was not able to pay both wages and bonus timely " Convenor of Joint Forum of Trade Unions an umbrella organisation of trade unions working in tea sector and Citu General Secretary (tea industry) Zia-ul-Alam told IANS.
The management issued a lockout notice after a section of workers had demonstrated a protest on the plantation office s premises for the delay in wage payment.
"Turturi tea garden of Alipurduar has been closed. 600 workers lost job. Diwali gift from both central and state governments " Communist Party of India-Marxist West Bengal State Committee Secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra said in his Twitter handle.
--IANS
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