Maruti Suzuki Violence

Tepid sales, labour violence mark a rough year for auto sector

Thursday December 27, 2012

While new models such as the Ertiga and Duster kept consumers interested, recalls by Honda and Ford added to the industry's woes.

Maruti Suzuki hit by protest fears at Manesar plant

Tuesday November 6, 2012

Shares in Maruti Suzuki fell 1.6 per cent after a business newspaper reported that workers are planning a hunger strike and other peaceful protests to force the management to take back the 548 employees sacked after the deadly violence in July that h...

Maruti Manesar plant violence not instigated from outside: SIT

Monday October 15, 2012

The violence at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant in July was not instigated from outside, but was due to internal issues between management and workers, according to the chargesheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the...

Manesar plant will resume full production by mid-Oct: Maruti

Thursday October 4, 2012

The company has been gradually ramping up production at the plant, which had been locked out for a month following the July 18 violence, in which one senior official was killed.

Maruti Suzuki's sales in August slide 40.8%

Press Trust of India | Saturday September 1, 2012

Hit by a month-long lockout at its Manesar plant due to violence, the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India today reported 40.8 per cent decline in total sales for August at 54,154 units as against 91,442 units in the same month last year.

Maruti to continue investment in Haryana: RC Bhargava

Tuesday August 28, 2012

Maruti Suzuki today said it is committed to operations in Haryana and will not cut back any planned investment in the state, although the Manesar plant would function under security cover for the time being due to unprecedented violence there last mo...

Manesar violence was a criminal act, says Suzuki chief Osamu

Saturday August 25, 2012

This is Suzuki’s first visit to India after violence at the Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant left one management official dead.

Maruti likely to sack workers with Manesar violence charges: 10 facts

Thursday August 16, 2012

Maruti Suzuki India is likely to sack workers against whom the police had filed a charge sheet, sources told NDTV Profit. All contract workers likely to be made permanent workers with immediate effect, according to sources. Sources said that the comp...

Maruti likely to sack employees with violence charges

Thursday August 16, 2012

Maruti Suzuki India is likely to sack workers against whom the police had filed a charge sheet, sources told NDTV Profit. All contract workers are also likely to be made permanent workers with immediate effect, according to sources. The company is al...

Violence at Manesar wasn't pre-planned: Maruti workers

Saturday August 11, 2012

They said that the violence was not pre-planned, but a spontaneous outburst.

10 union leaders at Maruti's Manesar plant arrested: Top 10 developments

Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Wednesday August 1, 2012

The Gurgaon police on Wednesday announced that it has arrested 10 office bearers of the Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union (MSWU), including union president Ram Mehar. The union members had been absconding since July 18, when violence by factory workers le...

10 union leaders of Maruti Manesar plant, including president, arrested

Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 1, 2012

Haryana police on Wednesday arrested 10 office bearers of Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union, including its President Ram Meher and General Secretary Sarabjit Singh, in relation with the violence at the company's Manesar plant on July 18.

Blog on Maruti riot: Ethics, talks, action needed

Ramkumar K | Monday July 30, 2012

The last week has been tumultuous for me. I lost a friend in Awanish to a mindless workplace brutality. The profession lost a person who stood at his post and gave up his life doing his duty. Yet, the professional body concerned, went on to talk abou...

Maruti manager paid for another officer's remarks: Reports

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday July 27, 2012

The senior Maurti Suzuki executive, who was killed in the July 18 violence at the car factory in Manesar, paid for anti-worker remarks made by another executive, official sources said Friday.

Maruti forms team to take care of injured employees

Press Trust of India | Friday July 27, 2012

Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it has formed a 25-member team, drawn from its various departments, to take care of employees who were injured in violence at Manesar plant that killed one senior executive.