Maruti Workers Strike

The demonstration today marks one year since labour unrest at the plant resulted in riots and the death of a senior human resources executive.

Production at leading automobile companies in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt, including Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp and Suzuki Motorcycle India, will be hit tomorrow as workers have decided to stay away from work in support of the two-day strike called by central trade unions than began today.

Seeking an early solution to its wage settlement talks with the management, workers of Hero MotoCorp's Gurgaon plant today said they are keeping options open to go on strike but only as a last resort.

The worker's body of Maruti Suzuki India's Gurgaon plant has thrown its weight behind the sacked colleagues of the Manesar unit who are going on a two-day hunger strike from tomorrow to protest their reinstatement.

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 hit production.

The 14-day-long strike at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar's plant has been called off on Friday morning following a tripartite agreement between the management, workers and the Haryana government. As part of the agreement, the management has agreed to take back 64 permanent workers but another 30 will remain suspended. It has also been agreed ...

After occupying the factory premises for eight days, striking workers at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant tonight started vacating from the work spot, obeying the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The move comes after the company today sacked 25 more workers at the plant even as the agitators were insisting on continuing the st...

Defying the high court's orders, workers continued their sit-in strike on the premises of Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant for the eighth consecutive day  on Friday, with production activities at a complete standstill. The strike by workers at Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd (SPIL) in support of their colleagues at the Manesar plant has ...

With the strike at Maruti’s Manesar plant entering its sixth day, the Haryana government has stepped into tackle the labour unrest. The government has slapped a breach of agreement notice on the striking workers. Meanwhile, production at the plant has declined by 70 per cent. A series of strikes at the country's largest carmaker Ma...

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 c...

Haryana Labour Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma on Monday blamed Maruti workers' "adamant" attitude for the breakdown of talks with the company management. "Workers are not agreeing to come back to their job unless those workers who have been suspended and dismissed are taken back by the management," Sharma while expressing disappointment ove...

There is more trouble for India's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India (MSI).  The company, which is facing a prolonged standoff at its Manesar plant, has been served a notice by the union at Gurgaon threatening a strike in support of their Manesar colleagues. The Maruti Suzuki Union (Gurgaon plant) has given a notice to the man...

The 13-day strike at Maruti's Manesar plant ended late night on Thursday after the management agreed to take back the sacked employees. Eleven employees were sacked in a disciplinary action on June 6, two days after the strike begun, for inciting others to go on strike. All those reinstated will, however, have to go through a charge sheet enquir...

The strike at Maruti's Manesar plant threatens to disrupt work across the Manesar-Gurgaon industrial belt. About 50,000 workers from the industrial belt plan to stop work for two hours in support of the ongoing strike later today. The labour commissioner has requested the 50-60 unions of the belt not to go ahead with tools down. Meanwhile, ...

The strike at Maruti's Manesar plant has entered the seventh day on Friday amid reports that the 11 workers terminated by the company have been asked to come for a dialogue. The management had sacked these employees on disciplinary grounds on June 6. The dialogue is taking place in the backdrop of reports that the strike is likely to spread...

The demonstration today marks one year since labour unrest at the plant resulted in riots and the death of a senior human resources executive.

Production at leading automobile companies in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt, including Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp and Suzuki Motorcycle India, will be hit tomorrow as workers have decided to stay away from work in support of the two-day strike called by central trade unions than began today.

Seeking an early solution to its wage settlement talks with the management, workers of Hero MotoCorp's Gurgaon plant today said they are keeping options open to go on strike but only as a last resort.

The worker's body of Maruti Suzuki India's Gurgaon plant has thrown its weight behind the sacked colleagues of the Manesar unit who are going on a two-day hunger strike from tomorrow to protest their reinstatement.

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 hit production.

The 14-day-long strike at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar's plant has been called off on Friday morning following a tripartite agreement between the management, workers and the Haryana government. As part of the agreement, the management has agreed to take back 64 permanent workers but another 30 will remain suspended. It has also been agreed ...

After occupying the factory premises for eight days, striking workers at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant tonight started vacating from the work spot, obeying the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The move comes after the company today sacked 25 more workers at the plant even as the agitators were insisting on continuing the st...

Defying the high court's orders, workers continued their sit-in strike on the premises of Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant for the eighth consecutive day  on Friday, with production activities at a complete standstill. The strike by workers at Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd (SPIL) in support of their colleagues at the Manesar plant has ...

With the strike at Maruti’s Manesar plant entering its sixth day, the Haryana government has stepped into tackle the labour unrest. The government has slapped a breach of agreement notice on the striking workers. Meanwhile, production at the plant has declined by 70 per cent. A series of strikes at the country's largest carmaker Ma...

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 c...

Haryana Labour Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma on Monday blamed Maruti workers' "adamant" attitude for the breakdown of talks with the company management. "Workers are not agreeing to come back to their job unless those workers who have been suspended and dismissed are taken back by the management," Sharma while expressing disappointment ove...

There is more trouble for India's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India (MSI).  The company, which is facing a prolonged standoff at its Manesar plant, has been served a notice by the union at Gurgaon threatening a strike in support of their Manesar colleagues. The Maruti Suzuki Union (Gurgaon plant) has given a notice to the man...

The 13-day strike at Maruti's Manesar plant ended late night on Thursday after the management agreed to take back the sacked employees. Eleven employees were sacked in a disciplinary action on June 6, two days after the strike begun, for inciting others to go on strike. All those reinstated will, however, have to go through a charge sheet enquir...

The strike at Maruti's Manesar plant threatens to disrupt work across the Manesar-Gurgaon industrial belt. About 50,000 workers from the industrial belt plan to stop work for two hours in support of the ongoing strike later today. The labour commissioner has requested the 50-60 unions of the belt not to go ahead with tools down. Meanwhile, ...

The strike at Maruti's Manesar plant has entered the seventh day on Friday amid reports that the 11 workers terminated by the company have been asked to come for a dialogue. The management had sacked these employees on disciplinary grounds on June 6. The dialogue is taking place in the backdrop of reports that the strike is likely to spread...