Maruti strike: two lakh more workers to join in New Delhi: The strike at Maruti's Manesar plant has entered its 13th day with the management refusing to reinstate 11 sacked employees.

"The situation is the same as yesterday... There is no change," a company spokesperson said.

The Maruti strike in Manesar is spreading to other automobile plants with more than two lakh workers planning to go on hunger strike from Friday.

Workers in about 65 factories in the Gurgaon-Manesar industrial belt have decided to "work empty stomach" on June 17 and hold a two-hour tool-down strike on June 20 from 11 am to 1 pm to support the striking employees of Maruti....more    
09:26 AM, Jun 16, 2011