Workers from Maruti's other plants, Powertrain and Suzuki Motorcyles too joined the strike, halting production at India's largest carmaker. After the strike ended production is back to normal levels.
Mother, Sheela devi and wife, Nisha of a fired Maruti worker Dev Pal, at their house in Dhanawasa village in Manesar. The families say they were severely affected as no salary was released to the workers who were sacked during the strike.
The strike brought to fore, Maruti's work practices, which the striking workers alleged are extremely harsh, but which Maruti claims are in keeping with standard industry norms .
Workers at Maruti's Gurgaon plant taking a tea break. They get two such 7 and a half minute breaks in a shift, which is just about enough time for them to grab tea and small snack.
A rally at Gurgaon organised by the Maruti workers saw a huge turnout of many other unions from this region in their support, including some other noted automakers like Hero and component maker Satyam.
