SWIFT DEZIRE Deliveries of these popular brands are held up due to closure of plant at Manessar.It was murder of Mr Awinash, pre planned conspiracy The FIR has not led to the arrest of ring leaders, but only nameless individuals so far. The meeting was not abandon nor postponed or called off. Yet during the course of the deliberation a group of workers barged in with chains, rods, pipes,hence it could not be spontaneous, dressed in company fatigues,They failed to identify even their own labour leader Were they , hired goons? Selectively and purposefully bludgeoned the official to death and set him ablaze Though some workers and other officials were also injured, the target was Awinash.The posse of 50 policemen, though inside the premises did not anticipate and misjudged the violence.Though they were outnumbered and acted late, they salvaged the situation, even with injuries There was no inclination or anticipation of violence by the Management at the conciliatory meeting and hence elaborate security arrangement was not reinforced A fetish is being made that the focus is only on the Management cadre, ignoring other seriously wounded labour official in the negotiations The plant, after being in existence for 24 years plus does not have registered trade union to represent and bargain the demands of the workers The rights of the workers are denied by oblique discouragement and subtle pressures by the Management. If there were no irritation between workers , Management relations, what were the prolonged negotiations aimed at? ,The management have flexibility of hire and fire, which subdues the workers in expressing their legitimate rights All disputes must be addressed expeditiously without allowing them to fester and complicate issues.Taking shelter in statistics that the state has 11000 industrial units and 3 incidents is self comforting and escapism to avoid existence of tensions The other bone of contention is that contract labour being denied equal wages for equal work, which amounts to exploitation of labour force .There is a wide wage disparity between the highest and lowest worker to about 800 times. The incentives given to the regular workers could be proportionately extended to the contract labour too.Consideration need to be given to the problems face by the Management due to economic slow down and depression in demands all over These issues can only be discussed in atmosphere of trust , mutual interests Hence human relations in the industry must continuously address these concerns in a determined ,focused, regular manner The incident has repercussions in attracting FDI and investors in the state It is a coincidence that Modi was wooing investment from Japan to impute motives of fermenting the situation. The workers and the ancillary industries are hard hit and so also the retail business The unrest and gruesome killing and burning of Mr Awinash cannot be wished away. The perpetrators of this ghastly incident must be brought to justice quickly to uphold the rule of law The state might see the flight of Industries as in west Bengal Finally, labour and Mangement relations lead to production and growth and the workers must be allowed to share in the prosperity of the Industry In Japan, their workers rarely migrate and spend their working life in same industry and the reasons are there for Management Gurus, as the sign posts of harmonious relations The sacrifice and untimely death of Awinash must not go in vain. Though the company will substantially compensate the Official, the cause could be avoided in future Nelson Lopes Chinchinim