Strike Maruti's Manisar Plant
STRIKE AT MARUTI’S PLANT IN MANISAR
Background
Suzuki Motor Corp was one of the first foreign joint venture companies in Association with the Indian Government to set factory in India under the name of Maruti Udyog Limited. Their first car was produced in the Manesar plant in Gargaon in 1983. The company was renamed as Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) in September 2007which reflected the total disengagement of Indian Government by the selling of its share to Indian investment companies. Suzuki Motor Corp has a holding of 54.2% of the capital. In 2010 Maruti’s production was 7,800,00 vehicles while the total production of vehicles in India were 2,600,000. They had a market share of 44.90% in the Indian car market.
Maruti Suzuki had different employment contracts:- * Permanent staff which comprised most part of skilled employees * Apprentices who are taken on for a period of three years on wages less than that of permanent workers who at the end of three years may become permanent. * Trainees whose wages are less than that of the Apprentices and who have contract during their studies without any guarantee of job. * Temporary workers who are employed in factory via another company who do the least skilled jobs.
Conflict
The workers in Maruti Suzuki India Limited began strike in June 2011in the Manesar plant with an objective of recognition of Trade Union- Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU) with other demands including increase in wages, permanent jobs for the casual workers, reduction of the pace of work and for the end of the Managerial arrogance. The incident took place in three stages in June, September and October. 70% of the employees in the factory didn’t have a permanent position in the factory. In this strike a significant number of casually employed workers actively participated.
The three stages of the strike are:- 1. Incident-1 (4th June to 17th June 2011) 2. Incident-2 (18th June to 28th August) 3. Incident-3 (29th
Background
Suzuki Motor Corp was one of the first foreign joint venture companies in Association with the Indian Government to set factory in India under the name of Maruti Udyog Limited. Their first car was produced in the Manesar plant in Gargaon in 1983. The company was renamed as Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) in September 2007which reflected the total disengagement of Indian Government by the selling of its share to Indian investment companies. Suzuki Motor Corp has a holding of 54.2% of the capital. In 2010 Maruti’s production was 7,800,00 vehicles while the total production of vehicles in India were 2,600,000. They had a market share of 44.90% in the Indian car market.
Maruti Suzuki had different employment contracts:- * Permanent staff which comprised most part of skilled employees * Apprentices who are taken on for a period of three years on wages less than that of permanent workers who at the end of three years may become permanent. * Trainees whose wages are less than that of the Apprentices and who have contract during their studies without any guarantee of job. * Temporary workers who are employed in factory via another company who do the least skilled jobs.
Conflict
The workers in Maruti Suzuki India Limited began strike in June 2011in the Manesar plant with an objective of recognition of Trade Union- Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU) with other demands including increase in wages, permanent jobs for the casual workers, reduction of the pace of work and for the end of the Managerial arrogance. The incident took place in three stages in June, September and October. 70% of the employees in the factory didn’t have a permanent position in the factory. In this strike a significant number of casually employed workers actively participated.
The three stages of the strike are:- 1. Incident-1 (4th June to 17th June 2011) 2. Incident-2 (18th June to 28th August) 3. Incident-3 (29th