the mill is located in the heart of
Vizianagaram town promising more
profits. Another important reason
for the illegal lock-out appears to
be, to discourage the recently
recognised union in the mills-the
A.I.F.T.U., and to unpopularise it
among the workers. In fact the mill
management has been deliberately
announcing time and again from
the inception of the elections of
union recognition, that it would
close the unit if the A.I.F.T.U union
is elected in to recognition. Thus it
has been playing with the workers
by inciting trade union rivalry and
trade union banner sentiments
among them that are prejudicial to
the interests of the A.I.F.T.U.
However the leader-ship of
A.I.F.T.U, has been dispassionately
conducting its activities and protest
agitation against the illegal lockout, demanding the lifting of illegal
lock-out with unity and amity with
the leader-ships and the members
of other unions present in the unit.
It is continuing its agitation in
various forms in front of H