It could be more labour trouble brewing for the management of Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL) an associate company of Tata Global Beverages Limited (TGBL), as a second complaint by labourers there has raised issues of undue compensation, poor working and a lack of freedom to association …Managing Director, APPL, Deepak Athal said, "The identity of the NGOs has not been revealed at their request, therefore their interest in the matter is not clear. The complaint is of a general nature as the wage structure, working hours are governed by industry wide agreements between the registered trade union and managements and revised every three years…The working conditions are governed by the Plantation Labour Act and other acts which are closely monitored by the state government machinery...The workmen are free to join a trade union of their choice..."