Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union (MSWU) has
threatened to knock on court doors against Maruti Suzuki India's (MSIL) order to sack 500 employees of its Manesar plant.
This, just
two days ahead of the facility's reopening.
Worsening the situation, the workers' union at the Gurgaon plant is threatening to intensify its protest by asking the management to reinstate the workers, who were sacked in connection to the
violence unleashed at the Manesar plant on July 18.
Last week, MSIL announced the
sacking of the workers, who according to the management, were involved in the violence, which claimed the life of a human resources manager and left about 100 other employees severely injured. The company had also announced resumption of operations at the Manesar plant on August 21.
"We do not endorse violence; however, sacking 500 employees without independent investigation is highly unfair on the management's part. This time, Gurgaon workers will also join the protest and we will move the court challenging the company's decision," a union member from the Gurgaon plant told MAIL TODAY .
The workers' union of the Gurgaon plant will also request
Osamu Suzuki, chairman and chief executive officer, Suzuki Motor Corporation - who will visit India this week - to him to reconsider the company's decision.
FROM THE MAGAZINE: Why Maruti will not leave ManesarThe issue has already taken a political twist as the Left parties and their affiliated trade unions said on Sunday that they will intensify pressure on the government, inside and outside Parliament, to seek reinstatement of the workers, who were sacked "without any inquiry".
Trade unions, including CPI-affiliated All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and CPI(M)-affiliated Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), will meet here on August 21 to finalise a rally to press for their demands.
"MSIL cannot take such a major decision without consulting the state government. We are planning to take it to the national level and pressure the Central government. The Left parties, along with other likeminded parties, will press for adjournment in Parliament," D. L. Sachdev, national secretary, AITUC, had said last week.
CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member Tapan Kumar Sen last week raised the issue in the House terming the sacking of workers "vindictive and retaliatory". Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Sanjiv Kumar had demanded a CBI probe into the violence.
On Friday, about 4,000 workers of various companies after finishing their first shift joined a rally to protest the sackings and handed a memorandum to the deputy commissioner of Gurgaon urging the state authorities to investigate the matter.
FRESH PROBLEMS ON TRACK
- Maruti Suzuki Worker's Union has threatened to knock on court doors against the company's order to sack 500 employees of the Manesar facility
- The workers' union at the Gurgaon plant is threatening to intensify its protest by asking the management to reinstate the workers
- The workers' union of the Gurgaon plant will also request CEO Osamu Suzuki to reconsider the company's decision
- The issue has already taken a political twist as the Left parties and their affiliated trade unions are set to intensify pressure on the government
- Trade unions will meet here on Aug 21 to press for their demands
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