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Protest Demonstration In Support of Struggling Workers’ of Maruti Suzuki

On 20th September, representatives of several Left Trade Unions and groups
met in Delhi in support of the on-going strike of the workers of Maruti
Suzuki — the subsidiary company of Japanese car maker Suzuki. It was decided
to hold a protest demonstration on 22nd September, in front of Haryana
Bhawan (New Delhi) at 11:00AM to show our solidarity with the belligerent
workers of the company. For more details contact: Workers’ Unity Trade
Union, Email: wutu.india at gmail.com, Padam: +91 9312111717
 TUs protest across India to support Maruti workers

*Press Trust of India**, 22 September 2011*



NEW DELHI, 22 SEPT: About a dozen trade unions today demonstrated in various
places across the country to express solidarity with agitating Maruti Suzuki
workers at Manesar plant, even as the stalemate continues ~ for the last 25
days.
The development comes after talks brokered by the Haryana government between
the management and workers at Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) Manesar plant to
end the standoff failed on Sunday. No fresh talks took place today. Meanwhile,
MSI continued to hire temporary workers at the Manesar plant and rolled out
a combined 650 Swift cars from Manesar and Gurgaon units. In the morning,
about a hundred protesters from various trade unions staged a demonstration
outside Haryana Bhawan here and sought the government's intervention for
reversing the suspension and dismissal of workers by MSI.
Protesters from the Mazdoor Ekta Kendra, Mazdoor Ekta Committee, Centre for
Struggling Workers Trade Union, Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, All India
Federation of Trade Unions (New) and Inqualabi Mazdoor Kendra, among other
bodies, condemned the actions on 62 workers by MSI so far.
“It is illegal to force the workers to sign a bond before entering the
factory. It is the workers' democratic right to form a union and the
management should recognise it as per the Indian laws,” Krantikari Yuva
Sangathan convener, MR Alok Kumar said.
The trade bodies will continue to protest till the management takes back all
dismissed workers and revokes the suspension of others, he added. The
protesters submitted a memorandum to the the Haryana chief minister, Mr
Bhupinder Singh Hooda through the Resident Commissioner, seeking his
immediate intervention for restoring workers' right and rescinding the
decision for suspension and dismissal of workers by MSI.

 Later in the day, New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) and New Socialist
Initiative (NSI) held protest demonstrations in front of various MSI
establishments across the country ~ in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Raipur, Kochi
and Thiruvananthapuram


Several trade unions support Maruti Suzuki agitating workers

The labour dispute at the Manesar plant of country’s largest car maker
Maruti Suzuki has continued after three weeks and now it has been reported
that about a hundred protesters from various trade unions staged a
demonstration outside Haryana Bhawan on Thursday seeking the government's
intervention for reversing the suspension and dismissal of workers by MSI.

According to reports, the development comes after talks brokered by the
Haryana government between the management and workers at Maruti Suzuki
India's (MSI) Manesar plant failed to end the 25-day-long standoff. It was
mentioned that protesters from the Mazdoor Ekta Kendra, Mazdoor Ekta
Committee, Centre for Struggling Workers Trade Union, Krantikari Yuva
Sangathan, All-India Federation of Trade Unions and Inqualabi Mazdoor
Kendra, among other bodies, condemned the dismissal and suspension of 62
workers by MSI so far.

 The reports quoted Krantikari Yuva Sangathan Convener Alok Kumar as saying
"It is illegal to force the workers to sign a bond before entering the
factory. It is workers' democratic right to form a union and management
should recognise it as per the Indian laws.’’ The reports stated that the
trade bodies will continue to protest till the management takes back all
dismissed workers and revokes the suspension of others, he said.

The reports stated that the protesters have submitted a memorandum to
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda through the State Resident
Commissioner, seeking his immediate intervention for restoring workers'
right and rescinding the decision for suspension and dismissal of workers by
MSI.

As per information, MSI has dismissed 33 workers and suspended 29 so far. It
was also reported that the New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) has decided to
hold protest demonstrations in front of Maruti Suzuki establishments in 12
locations across the country, including Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai,
Nagpur, Assam, Chandigarh and Kochi.


  Trade unions protest in solidarity with Maruti workers

OUR BUREAU

*NEW DELHI**, SEPT 22: ***

Expressing solidarity with the protesting Maruti Suzuki workers at Manesar,
various trade unions, students and lawyers, staged demonstrations in
different parts of the Capital on Thursday. About 100 people demonstrated
outside Haryana Bhawan in the Capital, seeking Government intervention and
another 150 protested outside the Tis Hazaari Metro station.

The protests come in the wake of failed tripartite talks between the Haryana
Government, the MSI management and workers to end the 25-day long impasse.
The protesters submitted a memorandum to the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr
Bhupinder Singh Hooda, through the State Resident Commissioner, seeking his
immediate intervention.

The New Trade Union Initiative has also decided to stage demonstrations in
front of Maruti Suzuki establishments in 12 locations across India.

Thursday's protesters included members of Mazdoor Ekta Kendra, Mazdoor Ekta
Committee, Centre for Struggling Workers Trade Union, Krantikari Yuva
Sangathan, All-India Federation of Trade Unions and Inqualabi Mazdoor
Kendra, New Socialist Initiatives, Workers Unity Trade Union among other
bodies.

Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki said it produced 650 Swift cars, from its Manesar
and Gurgaon plants. The company on Thursday recruited another batch of 200
workers to join production operations, taking the tally to 1,300 workers at
the Manesar facility.

The deadlock began on August 29, when the MSI management prevented workers
from entering the factory premises unless they signed a ‘good conduct bond',
following alleged sabotage and quality issues. MSI has dismissed 33 workers
and suspended 29 since.

No talks were held by the company management with the agitating workers on
Thursday.
Trade unions across India display support to agitating workers of  Maruti
Suzuki

NEW DELHI: Nearly one-hundred protectors from numerous trade unions have
staged a demonstration outside Haryana Bhawan today, demanding the
government's interventionntion for reversing the suspension and also the
dismissal of workers by the Maruti Suzuki India (MSI). These protesters are
expressing solidarity with the agitating Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) workers.

The development has come after the talks brokered by the Haryana government
between the management and also the workers at Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI)
Manesar plant had failed to end the 25-day agitation.

The protesters from the Mazdoor Ekta Kendra, Mazdoor Ekta Committee, Centre
for Struggling Workers Trade Union, Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, All-India
Federation of Trade Unions and Inqualabi Mazdoor Kendra, are the bodies,
that had condemned the dismissal and also the suspension of 62 workers by
MSI until now.

Krantikari Yuva Sangathan Convener Alok Kumar, said, “It is illegal to force
the workers to sign a bond before entering the factory. It is workers'
democratic right to form a union and management should recognise it as per
the Indian laws.”

Moreover, the trade bodies will be continuing to protest till the management
takes back all the dismissed workers and also revokes the suspension of
others. Since August 29, the deadlock has been continuing, when the
management had stopped the workers from entering the factory premises unless
they signed a 'good conduct' bond.