DIBRUGARH, Feb 15 : The Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS), on the opening day of its silver jubilee celebration today, emerged with a few hard hitting resolutions in favour of more than three lakh tea garden workers spread across the State.
The sangha, considered to be one of the biggest trade unions in Asia, during its prolonged general council meeting today resolved to force the State government for the amendment of the Plantation Labour Act 1951 and for total implementation of the Act in the tea estates across the State.
The assembly, headed by ex Union Minister and president of the sangha, Paban Singh Ghatowar, further resolved to exert pressure on the government for grant of ST status to all the tea garden working communities.
Deliberating on the State government owned 15 sick Assam Tea Cooptation Limited (ATCL) gardens, the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha said it can no longer see their fellow workers starve and die due to the claimed low income in the ATCL gardens and advised the government to privatize the gardens for better management.
The two-day golden jubilee celebration of the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS) begun with the hoisting of the unions flag by Ghatowar at its head office at Chowkidinghee here. State Labour & Employment and Tea and Ex Tea Welfare Minister Prithbi Majhi and host of central and unit leaders attended today's meeting.
Union Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes, who was scheduled to arrive for the celebration could not make it. About 700 delegates from 22 different branches of the union gathered for the general council meeting today.
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