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Across the road from gate-2 of MarutiSuzuki India Limited's Manesar factory,
around 100 workers sit underneath a tent inprotest. They have now been here for overtwo weeks. "The media is nowhere to beseen. The ones who come, only speak tothe company people and leave,"
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In June, Maruti workers demanded for a union but the
management asked them to join the union affiliated to the
Gurgaon plant.
Agitation went on for some suspended colleagues to be takenback, who weren't, which lead to a 13-day strike.
The strike ended after the company took back the workers, but
no decision was taken on the formation of a union.
Soon afterwards, there were large scale incidents of sabotage.
So, in order to ensure product quality, the company insisted
the workers in signing a 'Good Conduct Bond,' which got
refused.
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Company suffered from a loss of - at least Rs 500 crore (Rs 5billion) so far by one account.
Reports suggest that workers at the company's Gurgaon plant
are also thinking of striking in solidarity with their Manesar
brethren. So Maruti would rather bleed cash than give in.
Politicized Unions;
RC Bhargava, chairman of Maruti Suzuki India, described the
present stand-off as 'political'.
Moreover, companies have been bestowed rights under Indian
law, which stipulate that they can essentially decide on whomthey decide to talk to or negotiate with.
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In April 2009, at Hyundai Motor India in Tamil
Nadu, workers went on an eighteen-day strike todemand recognition of the employees' union.
Tire maker MRF's Arakkonam unit was closed for
185 days in 2009. Its workers subsequently went on
strike in October 2010 as well as June 2011.
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Auto industry uses cheaper, contract labour, often comprising
of up to fifty per cent of the workforce, which inturn
decreases costs for the auto maker by as much as fifty per cent
Enjoy the benefits of having greater autonomy in choosing
when to lay-off workers in times of a slump
"We don't have to deal with the workers since our point of
contact is only the HR firm." says a senior official
Workers at the Maruti plant say the working conditionsbetween the permanent and contractual workers differ vastly.
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Maruti employs close to 2,500 workers, of which 1,100 are
permanent and the rest consist of workers on contract,apprenticeship and training.
According to Shiv Kumar, president, Maruti Suzuki Employee
Union , an unskilled contract worker is paid Rs 5,500 a month
and a skilled contract worker gets Rs 7,000; a permanent
worker's pay is around Rs 18,000. In Haryana, the minimum wage of an unskilled worker is
fixed at Rs 4,348.A contract worker is not entitled to medical
benefits that a permanent worker gets, or the bus service,
again which only the permanent worker can use. Even difference exists, between the uniform of a permanent
and contract worker.
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Workers say working conditions at the Maruti plant are, ingeneral, 'difficult'.
The eight-hour shift that they are required to work usuallygets extended by an hour
Out of 30-minute lunch break, ten minutes goes in travellingto the canteen.
A seven-minute break is given for tea and using the bathroom. Going on leave becomes almost impossible as Rs 1,500 is
deducted for every day on casual leave from their salary.
Lastyear, we exceeded the targets by working more inthe morning and evening. For every hour that we worked
extra, we were paid Rs 20. What part did we get of theprofit that the company earned by exceeding thetargets?" wonders factory worker Nehra.
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o Striking for a union was the only option left to them.
o According to Tapan Mitra, head of Human resources at ApolloTyres , increased communication between workers and
management, and also trust and confidence between the 'white
and blue collars' would ensure minimum friction in any
company.
o Many times the HR department of the company doesn't
address the grievances of the workers.
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There are laws to ensure that the rights of the contract laborersare protected but they are seldom implemented.
The labor law mandates that any company that has to employ
contract labor needs to obtain a license from the labour
department. The labor department can cancel the license if the
rights of the contract laborers are abused. But, these laws are
very rarely implemented," says Sanjay Upadhyaya, fellow at
the VV Giri National Labor Institute,
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The strike a ended on oct 21 with anagreement to bring back most of the sackhands but with no word on the union theworkers wanted to form
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According to the agreement, the Maruti management will
take back 64 permanent workers who had been sacked duringthe strike and production will resume tomorrow
The fate of 30 other permanent workers, who were suspended,
will be decided later as cases against them were serious.
Enquiry and disciplinary proceedings will be initiated againstthem as per rules. The enquiry will be completed within a
period of 10 days,
The management and Manesar workers have agreed to set up
a committee for grievance redress.
A labour welfare committee will also be formed to promotegood relations between the management and workers
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The company has also agreed to arrange for transport
for the workers in accordance with their shifttimings.
The workers at Suzuki Powertrain India Limited and
Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited will also
resume work tomorrow
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By oct 19,30 suspended workers at Maruti's Manesar plant,
including their two leaders Sonu Gujjar and Shiv Kumar, quit
the company, taking home amounts ranging between Rs 16 lakh
and Rs 40 lakh
The remaining 28, resigned and took home settlement amounts
of around Rs 16 lakh.
At the time of the (strike) settlement, the 30 of us had decidedwe would stick together whatever the consequences. When Sonu
and Shiv resigned despite our reservations, we also followed
suit, says Rishi Pal,a suspended worker
Both the union leaders were unreachable, with 27-year-oldGujjar, who had emerged as an unlikely leader of the agitation
with his diminutive frame and soft voice, reported to have
moved out lock, stock and barrel, according to his erstwhile
compatriots who went to check on him
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Workers are planning criminal case against Gujjar and Kumar
The quiet exit of these 30 workers has left other workers shell-shocked since they had forfeited wages for at least 74 days
during the 59 days of strike since June.,They are traitors! This has caused an irreparable damage to
the workers' union movement, which may be nipped in thebud by the immoral acts of a few self-proclaimed leaders," said
SS Yadav, president of the Suzuki Powertrain India Private Ltd
Employees Union
It's unfortunate that a few leaders have accepted money and
fallen prey to the practices of multinational companies.Though it is an isolated incident, the damaging repercussions
will hurt the trade union movement for a long time."
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Shy, modest and diminutive, his visage does not appear that ofa leader
To observers, Gujjar hardly looks the archetypal firebrand
trade union leader.
he and his band of 900 or so workers at Maruti's Manesar
factory have forced a shutdown in the company's production
and are spawning problems at other plants.
It's a crisis that has thrown Maruti off track when it can least
afford it the auto sector is in the midst of a slowdown.
The crisis has put several jobs on the line and changed theperception of a firm once regarded as a model of good
industrial relations into just another strike-affected company.
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