Maruti 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.

Naxal front outfits staged demo supporting Maruti workers: Govt

Wednesday August 22, 2012

The government on Wednesday said a number of front organisations of Naxals and their sympathisers have organised demonstrations supporting the Maruti workers, some of whom were indulged in violence in the company's Manesar plant leading to the death ...

Maruti to reopen Manesar plant today; only a tenth of staff to resume work

Tuesday August 21, 2012

The company had declared an indefinite lockout at the Manesar plant on July 21 following the worst ever violence in its history on July 18 that left one senior HR official dead and nearly 100 injured. Initially, only about 150 cars will be rolled out...

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.

Internal inquiry still on over Manesar plant violence: Maruti

Tuesday August 7, 2012

Maruti said its internal inquiry is on to identify culprits of the violence that rocked the plant killing one official.

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.