Farm union lifts dharna after multinational company reinstates 80 employees

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 1

Activists of the Bharti Kisan Union Ekta (Ugrahan) lifted their dharna after Best Price (a multinational company) acceded to their demands and reinstated 80 employees.

They held a protest in front of the five stores of the multinational retail corporation, which operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount departments and grocery outlets in Bathinda, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Mohali and Amritsar.

Parminder Singh Warraich, a union leader, said the sit-in was held after the multinational giant laid off its 80 employees while accusing them of taking part in ongoing protests against the three farm laws passed by the Central Government.

“We managed to get the store, situated on the Amritsar-Jalandhar GT road, closed at 11 am. The store reopened after union leaders conveyed rapprochement with the authorities concerned at 4:45 pm,” he added. All 80 employees were employed at the company’s Bathinda store, he said.

The protest started today morning after the expiry of a week-long warning to the multinational firm to reinstate its laid off staff, he added.