SHILLONG: The MeECL Progressive Workers’ Union (MPWU), an umbrella body of regular casual workers at Meghalaya Electricity Corporation Limited, has shot off a letter to the chairman cum managing director alleging blatant violation of the Trade Union Act, 1926.
President of the union Mantiphrang Lyngdoh Kiri told reporters that a meeting was scheduled on Wednesday but talks fell through as MeECL officers walked out because Thma U Rangli Juki (TUR) member Angela Rangad was also present at the meeting.
The union members assembled at Lumjingshai, Polo, on the same day, drafted a letter to CMD PS Thangkhiew. But the members could not meet him and handed the letter to his private secretary.
Kiri said besides him, the general secretary of the union and six executive members, including Rangad attended the meeting. “She (Rangad) was an invitee member,” said
“The MeECL officer told us that NGOs are not allowed,” he said.
In a letter to the CMD, the leaders of the union stated that the Joint Secretary of MeECL, D. Warjri, was rude and said NGOs were not allowed.
The members present maintained that the people at the meeting were executive members of the union as prescribed by law.
However, the officials walked out of the meeting. In this connection, the union asserted that the action of the officials is a “blatant illegality whereby the Trade Union Act, and in particular Section 6 and Section 22 was willfully violated.”