Maruti's Manesar plant workers go on strike again

Just over a month after they called off a13-day-long stir that resulted in a loss of about Rs 630 crore, workers atMaruti Suzuki India'sManesar plant went on strike again on Thursday afternoon.

The workers resorted to a strike when fiveof them were suspended for "allegedly assaulting a supervisor" onWednesday.

When contacted, a company spokespersonsaid: "One of the supervisors was assaulted by workers yesterday and whendisciplinary action was being taken by way of suspension today, they havestruck works at the plant. The number of workers on strike are much less thistime."

It is understood that the five suspendedworkers had been issued a showcause notice by the management.

The workers, however, insisted it is not afull-scale strike.

"We observed a one-hour tool-downstrike protesting against forcible eviction of four colleagues by police,"a worker at the plant said.

Out of them, three are office bearers ofthe Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU), including General Secretary ShivKumar, he added.

A production loss of about 50 units wassuffered on account of the one-hour tool-down strike, a worker said.

Earlier, on June 4, workers at the planthad gone on a 13-day-long strike demanding the recognition of a new union, theMaruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU).