New Delhi: Contract labourers working in factories of component suppliers to Maruti Suzuki could bear the brunt of the lockout at the Manesar plant of India's largest carmaker.
Working on wafer thin margins amid stiff competition, many of the component suppliers which have been already feeling the heat due to an overall slowdown in the automotive market, are considering to reduce their workforce.
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04:28 AM, Jul 30, 2012
Gurgaon: Two more workers were on Wednesday arrested in connection with last week's violence in Maruti-Suzuki's Manesar plant, police said. The arrested were identified as Harminder, who hails from Chandigarh, and Pradeep from Rewari. Police, however, did not disclose from where they were nabbed. With this, a total of 99 workers have been arrested so far in connection with the July 18 arson and rioting at the plant in which...
09:31 PM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: Support is pouring in for the Maruti management with employees and heads of Honda Motors and two other companies planning a protest on Wednesday to condemn last week's violence at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant. Maruti has claimed that the unrest was not a labour issue but a criminal act. The Haryana government has already begun a probe into the matter but the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)...
10:27 AM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: Shaken by the violent attack on its executives and rioting at its Manesar plant, Maruti Suzuki is toying with the idea of opting for additional security for its employees and production facilities. Sources say the company may opt for deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) or a permanent presence of Haryana police at its factory premises. In case the company chooses CISF cover it would have...
04:50 AM, Jul 24, 2012
Gurgaon: Maruti human resource manager Awanish Kumar Dev, killed in violence at its Manesar plant in Haryana last week, had offered to quit six months back, said an official on Monday. "He may have foreseen the trouble ahead and that is why he resigned six months ago to join some other company but Maruti brass made him stay. During the last workers' strike in September-October 2011 he had played an...
12:52 AM, Jul 24, 2012
Villagers at Manesar have blamed migrant workers for the violent incident at Maruti plant. ...
11:49 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A 24-hour strike called by 11 trade unions to protest against the government's "anti-labour" policies evoked total response in Kerala, with transport off the roads and all commercial and industrial units shut. Air and train services, however, operated as scheduled. "Everything is shut. Schools and colleges are closed. All banks and industrial units are shut. Markets are closed. Transport is off the roads," an official said. The strike, however,...
02:47 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: In view of Tuesday's nation-wide strike called by a number of trade unions, Delhi government on Monday clamped the Essential Services Maintenance Act on all power companies in the city to ensure that there is no disruption in electricity supply in the national Capital. "Delhi government has clamped ESMA on all power companies including generation, distribution and other power companies in view of the proposed strike tomorrow," a...
11:09 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Kolkata: Ahead of Tuesday's nationwide general strike called by 11 trade unions, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday warned of action, including break in service, in case state government employees failed to turn up for duty, as the CPI-M accused her government of "trying to break the strike by force". Expressing her government's resolve to maintain normal life in the state, Banerjee asked state employees to attend duty...
10:56 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: The 14-day-long strike at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar's plant was called off on Friday morning following a tripartite agreement between the management, workers and the Haryana Government. As part of the agreement, the management agreed to take back 64 permanent workers but another 30 will remain suspended. It was also agreed that around 1,200 casual workers would also be reinstated, sources privy to the talks said. The strike...
05:26 AM, Oct 21, 2011
Manesar: Sushil Kumar, 28, has been working with Maruti for the last 5 years. Its been difficult he admits, claiming that working conditions are not the best and salaries are deducted even for earned leave. Which is why, they had no option but to protest. Kumar said, "Maruti Worker Permanent workers get Rs 16,000 but if attendance is short we get just Rs 9000. Even if we take one day...
09:14 AM, Oct 20, 2011
New York: Anti-Wall Street protests continue to spread across the Unites States with several labour unions joining the movement, which is now in its third week. ...
09:54 AM, Oct 06, 2011
May Day march across the world brought a mix of both clashes and peaceful rallies. ...
09:38 PM, May 01, 2007
The step was taken after labour unions prevented management from taking out finished products, resulting in a clash. ...
01:21 PM, Apr 11, 2007
