Maruti workers' strike not illegitimate: High Court

The Haryana High Court on Thursday ordered the Maruti workers to leave the factory premises to carry with their protest elsewhere, however, refrained from calling the strike illegal. In response to the petition filed by the Maruti management, the high court has asked the workers not to come in the vicinity of 100 m from the Manesar plant. The safety measures are also taken by the Haryana Government by administering police coverage to protect the workers from the Gurgaon plants.

The production at the Manesar plants have come to a standstill since October 7th after the workers have revolted back against the Maruti India management over the reinstated 1,100 contract workers. This is the third workers’ agitation at the Manesar plant, with the first one in June translating to Rs 1,643 crore loss. The month long impasse at the Manesar plant, which began on August 29th has come to an end on October 1st after the workers signed the ‘good conduct bond’. However, problems began to crop up in regards to the contract workers’ hiring taken up by the company.

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The Haryana Government has even called the strike illegal as the workers have acted irresponsibly contradicting the clauses included in the bond. The ongoing strike at the plant has begun to affect the Maruti Suzuki India’s sister concerns including the Suzuki Powertrain Ltd (SPIL) that is responsible for supplying the engines and transmissions to the units development plants, which rolls out the units from their manufacturing facilities. Hence, the Maruti Sukuki India management is apparently considering to stop the production of the Maruti Alto, Maruti Swift Dzire and Maruti SX4 sedan including its best-selling hatchback Maruti Swift due to the lack of component supply.