New Delhi: The resolution between workers and the management at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant seems to be short-lived as production has stopped at the Manesar unit. Production had been closed at the Maruti plant and at Suzuki subsidiaries Suzuki PowerTrain, Suzuki Motorcyle and Suzuki Casting after 1500 Maruti workers staged a stay-in strike. This is the third such strike at the plant since June. The workers are demanding the...
10:31 AM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Cracking the whip, Maruti Suzuki India on Sunday dismissed 10 workers, terminated five trainees and suspended 10 employees in connection 'with the strike and violence at the Manesar factory premises'. In a statement, the company said the strike by the workers and the violence thereafter violated the agreement signed by the workers with the company management on October 1 in the presence of the Haryana government officials. "The...
07:36 PM, Oct 09, 2011
Gurgaon: A firing incident took place on Sunday morning at the plant of Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL), where workers are on strike in support of agitating colleagues at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar factory. According to the police, an empty cartridge has been recovered at the factory premises and an FIR will be lodged. Workers at the plant alleged that they were intimidated with a gun by an official...
11:36 AM, Oct 09, 2011
Manesar: Maruti Suzuki India on Saturday said the strike at its Manesar plant is turning into a law and order problem, alleging that protesting workers have been indulging in violence and beating up colleagues who are not supporting them. "We are extremely concerned about the violent acts of the striking workers. We are worried about the safety of our people in this environment," a company spokesperson said. According to the...
07:02 PM, Oct 08, 2011
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki, India's top car maker, said a month-long strike at its Manesar plant that cost the company about USD 135 million in lost output ended on Saturday, after workers agreed to sign discipline agreements. Maruti, 54.2 per cent owned by Japan's Suzuki Motor, also said its vehicle sales in September fell about 21 per cent from a year earlier as the labour unrest disrupted production. Workers at...
10:46 AM, Oct 02, 2011
New Delhi: Talks between Maruti Suzuki management and workers at the Manesar plant broke down on yet again on Sunday. The talks were being brokered by the Haryana government after three workers were detained. The standoff began three weeks ago after workers refused to to sign a 'good conduct' bond following allegations of sabotage. "Negotiations have broken down and we don't know when will it take place again," Maruti Udyog...
08:39 AM, Sep 19, 2011
New Delhi: Workers at three plants operated by subsidiaries of Suzuki Motor Corp in India have called off their two-day-long strike on Friday after an agreement was reached with the management. Workers of Suzuki power train plant, Suzuki Casting, Suzuki Motorcycle called off strike after management decided to listen their demand. However, strike at Maruti main plant was still on. On Wednesday, workers at Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd and Suzuki...
11:29 AM, Sep 16, 2011
MUMBAI: Maruti Suzuki, India's top carmaker, will close two factories on Friday due to a strike at its Suzuki-owned engine supplier, the company said in a statement, as the 18-day long labour unrest spreads to its sister companies. Strikes began at Suzuki Powertrain after labour unrest at Maruti's Manesar factory, where its popular Swift model is assembled, due to disagreements between workers and management over discipline. Suzuki Powertrain, 70 percent...
03:51 PM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: Many workers of Maruti Suzuki on Thursday halted work at the Manesar plant and also manhandled the management team while protesting against company's decision to terminate five workers from the job for indiscipline. According to reports, 11 supervisors were beaten up by the workers, out of which three were hospitalised at Artemis hospital. One technician was arrested by Gurgaon police. Over 2,000 workers were protesting outside the Maruti...
11:05 AM, Sep 15, 2011
Gurgaon: Workers at three factories of two different companies of Suzuki in India went on strike on Wednesday afternoon in support of their colleagues at Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) Manesar plant, who are locked in a standoff with the management since August 29. The two companies where the workers have gone on strike are - Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd and Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd. The three factories of these...
07:55 PM, Sep 14, 2011
Tokyo: Suzuki Motor will likely locate a planned new $1.3 billion passenger car factory in Gujarat, Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday. The report came two days after the company said it wanted to end its alliance with Volkswagen, a tie-up that had been expected to help Europe's biggest carmaker expand on the Indian subcontinent. "We haven't come to a decision yet. We plan to announce the location of...
08:19 AM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: Terming the labour problem at its Manesar plant as a "political issue", car-maker Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it will not compromise on its established norms for industrial relations while attempting to resolve the disturbance. "My understanding is that the Manesar labour problem is essentially a political issue and not a problem which involves any significant demand from the workers," Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Chairman R C...
02:07 PM, Sep 08, 2011
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday said it has begun to roll out cars from its Manesar plant as it looks to normalise operations, even as tension between the management and workers continued for the third day. "MSI began assembly operations at Manesar this morning. The factory was able to roll out its first Swift since production was halted on Monday," a company spokesperson said. In the last...
01:05 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: Production at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant was completely affected on Monday, with the company preventing workers from entering the factory without signing a 'good conduct' bond following alleged "sabotage" resulting in quality issues that arose last week. As per the estimates, the firm has suffered production loss of about 1,200 units, valued at around Rs 60 crore. Heavy security has been deployed at the plant as the...
07:00 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki has temporarily halted production at its Manesar plant suspecting that some workers have been tampering with the quality of cars being produced. Maruti has already suspended 21 workers and also dismissed some of the workers. This is the third production stoppage at Manesar. Labour disputes had resulted in production being temporarily stopped in June and July. The company is forcing workers to sign a 'good conduct...
12:39 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: India's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India launched the new version of its premium hatchback Swift at an introductory price ranging from Rs 4.22 lakh to Rs 6.38 lakh. Built on an all-new platform, the company and its suppliers have invested over Rs 500 crore on the new car. "We have launched the new Swift at a time when there was a significant demand for the outgoing model. I...
01:50 PM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: The country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India on Monday reported a 25.34 per cent fall in total sales for July to 75,300 units, mainly due to sluggish market condition and non-production of hatchback Swift as the company is preparing to launch a new version of the car soon. Sales stood at 1,00,857 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement. "Despatch...
12:54 PM, Aug 01, 2011
New Delhi: Just over a month after they called off a 13-day-long stir that resulted in a loss of about Rs 630 crore, workers at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant went on strike again on Thursday afternoon. The workers resorted to a strike when five of them were suspended for 'allegedly assaulting a supervisor' on Wednesday. When contacted, a company spokesperson said, "One of the supervisors was assaulted by workers...
03:16 PM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: The 13-day strike at the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) Manesar plant in Gurgaon was called off on Thursday night following a deal brokered by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda between the workers and the management. As part of the deal, MSI will reinstate all the sacked 11 workers and take a lenient approach on enforcing no-work-no-pay rule of eight day's salary cut for...
12:08 AM, Jun 17, 2011
