Maruti Workers Strike

• Maruti workers, sacked after Manesar violence, to protest on first anniversary of 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.

• Workers at Maruti, Hero, Suzuki to go on strike tomorrow

  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.

• Strike an option, but as last resort: Hero workers

  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.

• Maruti's Gurgaon union backs sacked workers of Manesar unit

  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.

• Maruti Suzuki hit by protest fears at Manesar plant

  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.

• Strike at Maruti Suzuki ends; 1,200 workers to be reinstated

  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 ...

• Striking workers start vacating Maruti's Manesar plant

  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...

• Workers defy HC, Maruti strike enters 8th day

  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 ...

• Maruti strike: Haryana govt sends notice to workers

  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...

• Third strike at Maruti, 15 workers sacked

  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...

• Maruti strike: Haryana labour minister blames workers

  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...

• Maruti slumps after Gurgaon workers plan strike

  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...

• Maruti strike ends after 13 days; sacked workers taken back

  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...

• 50,000 workers to support Maruti strike today

  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, ...

• Maruti strike: Sacked workers called for dialogue

  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...