Overview

• A tripartite meeting is set for July 9 at the Jalpaiguri labour office to negotiate back wages and management accountability at Ambari Tea Garden
• Workers had agreed to a 10-day “Sal Leave” from June 26 under assurances of resuming on July 8 before finding factory gates locked and managers unreachable
• No formal closure notice has been filed for Ambari, according to Subhagata Gupta, subdivisional labour officer in Banarhat
• Turturi Tea Garden reopened on July 8 after 19 years following successful tripartite talks, with management paying one fortnight’s wages and planning phased disbursements
• Persistent financial distress claims and uneven enforcement of agreements underscore ongoing labour-management tensions across North Bengal’s tea sector