Strike By Maruti Employees

     For successful business consistently understanding between management and employees is must, if one tries to dictate its terms on to other then situation can become highly uncomfortable and for their rights infected party take measures or can go up to any extent, but ultimately in this scuffle biggest sufferer or looser will be the brand for they are working. Country’s one of the biggest car brand Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar plant is facing production halt due to strike by its employees from last twelve days and as per rough estimates it cost the company loss of rupees 510 Crores and despite lot of phases’ of dialogue between management and employees union till date both have not reached on any agreement, moreover both management and employees union are adamant on their respected stands, nobody is ready to listen other party with flexible approach, hence it appears that stalemate is not going to end soon, in spite of National General Secretary of trade union has endorse his support to the demands of striking employees and seek Prime Minister to intervene in this issue, as per his words to constitute union is the right of employees, no management of any company can snatch this right from its employees.
    Situated at Sector-6 of IMT Manesar on national highway, one of the biggest producers of four wheelers in the country Maruti Suzuki is facing strike by its employees from twelve days, in spite of the fact that management has request to the state government that strike of employees is illegal, considering this state government’s labour department ban on strike and for hearing on to the controversy between management and employees, send it to the industrial court, which was strongly opposed by striking union and other trade unions.
    All it started when management was undertaking from employees that its Gurgaon plants recognised trade union has right to represent Manesar plant’s employees and Manesar plant employees will not constitute union, when employees came to know this they refused to sign on to it, management angry on to the refusal of employees and they made mind to take action against employees of Manesar plant. After getting information about this, employees stop doing work and went on to strike which is till date continues. Amidst stir of employees management issue termination orders of eleven officials of newly formed union. It boils already angry employees, they gathered outside and inside the plant in thousand numbers, management try to oust employees which were inside the plant, but not succeed yet. Striking employees accused management that they have stop facility of canteen and other facilities, drinking water supply disrupted, striking employees are dependent on hot water plus eating food stuff from outside is not allowed to enter by security personals on the point of management. Management has cleared that terminated eleven employees won’t be reinstated, but striking employees are stick on to their demands of-

• Reinstate terminated eleven employees
• Allow to constitute union
• J.P. Union is not acceptable to them

now sixty five employees unions also comes in support of Maruti udyog’s employees strike.Although phase of score of dialogues between management and striking union is continue but until and unless both does not step ahead with flexible approach then they won’t succeed in breaking ice of stalemate.