India, Dec. 8 -- After the two recent attempts by BJP-led employee unions to take over the unions of five-star hotels from the Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Bhartiya Kamgar Sena (BKS), Uddhav Thackeray has stepped in to dole out some advice to his men. In a meeting of BKS office bearers on Sunday, the Sena (UBT) chief instructed them to give "a befitting reply" to the BJP but at the same time change their approach and become more accommodating while running a union at any establishment.

On Friday, Sena (UBT) and BJP labour union members clashed at The St Regis Mumbai, resulting in a two-hour verbal and physical altercation. The fracas occurred after the BKS, the official labour union at The St Regis, learnt that some hotel employees had joined the B...