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<div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1998August%2Fnewsnotes-7_082712100603.gif" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>Bata factory: trade union militancy is far from dead in Bengal<b>Calcutta: </b><p>Stereotypes about West Bengal's trade unionism were reinforced on July 22. Ailing shoe major Bata India's Managing Director Keith Weston was holding a meeting at his Batanagar factory office when three suspended Bata Mazdoor Union leaders stormed in.</p><p>The argument that followed ended with the manhandling of the Canadian-born Weston. The injury to Weston was minor - a gash on the hand - but it opened old stitches on the state's industrial image. </p><p>Now it's back to square one for those who were trying to promote industrial resurgence in West Bengal by wishing away the trade unions' reluctance to reform.<br><br>The state was prompt in despatching armed police to the factory to quell notions that the CITU-controlled union may have nursed about the ruling party's backing. Most of the workers were in no mood to support their leaders who were dismissed by the management after the incident. </p><p>Blue-collar workers of the state's remaining industries have made it clear that their voice will not be controlled by the white-collar union bosses. Even so the reaction may have come too late in the day. </p><p>Few outside the state need further convincing that militancy and indiscipline in industry are far from dead in Marxist West Bengal.</p><div class="itemcenter"><amp-iframe height="62" title="" width="320" sandbox="allow-forms allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" allowfullscreen src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014%5Cu0026native%3D1" class="mrBt15 preferred-source-banner"> </amp-iframe></div><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Jun 10, 1998</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

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Ailing shoe major Bata India's Managing Director Keith Weston was holding a meeting at his Batanagar factory office when three suspended Bata Mazdoor Union leaders stormed in.

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