Maruti Swift daily turnout touches 500 units

Despite Maruti Suzuki India's 14 day employee stand-off, the production at the factory of its best-selling model Maruti Swift reached 500 units on Monday. The production is said to have reached the normal levels, in spite of the employees' protest on Monday to seek the help of the district authorities to bring an end to the agitation. Maruti India envisage ramping up the production of Maruti Swift to 18,000 units a month to meet the demand of 90,000 bookings of the popular hatchback and to ensure its delivery on time.

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Out of the 900 permanent workers of MSI, only 95 were said to have signed the good conduct bond and resumed their duties at the factory. But, the majority of the permanent workers at the plant participated in the stand-off. Maruti India has taken steps to increase the production by hiring 50 ITI trained workers in order to reduce their dependency on the permanent workers involved in the strike. The total number of workers available, post the hiring brings to 1,100.

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Shiv Kumar, the General Secretary of the voluntary body Maruti Suzuki Employees' Union, had reported that around 1500 of the employees have staged a rally near the mini secretariat in Gurgaon to meet the demands of the workers. They have expressed their wish to resume their duties at the factory provided their demands are met. The workers, however do not intend to sign the good conduct bond apart from their other demands which include, the recognition of their union and MSEU and reinstatement of the suspended workers. MSI intends to capitalize on the success of its family car Maruti Ritz, by airing a reality show on TV with 'Ritz - Jeele Ye Pal' since 10th September. The show is going to be broad-casted for 6 consecutive weekends at 7:30 pm starting from 10th September.

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