[Reader-list] Maruti: union statement

[Sharan Lal]

Ha Ha. Good one. This is very interesting - the re-defining of 'animals',
'humans', 'right', and 'wrong' in the context of industrial unrest. Deja
Vu...

On 21 July 2012 10:53, Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:

> How do you treat your animals Mr.Dasgupta? Send them to slaughter houses?
>
> On 21-Jul-2012, at 10:18 AM, Partha Dasgupta wrote:
>
> > If they behave like animals, they deserve to be treated like animals.
> >
> > What the workers did can not be condoned, and they deserve to be
> > punished... severely.
> > ...........................
> > Partha Dasgupta
> > +919811047132
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Nagraj Adve <nagraj.adve at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> *PRESS STATEMENT*
> >>
> >> *19TH July 2012*
> >>
> >> * *
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (MSWU) is anguished at the recent
> >> developments in Maruti Suzuki plant, IMT Manesar where the management
> has
> >> resorted to anti-worker and anti-Union activities in a pre-planned
> manner
> >> leading to violence and the closure of the factory yesterday.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> We have had a long tough struggle with the strong unity of our permanent
> >> and contract workers to establish and register our Union last year, and
> had
> >> recently as of April 2012 submitted our Charter of Demands to the
> >> management of Maruti Suzuki, and the process of negotiation for wages
> and
> >> other demands was underway. However the management has done its utmost
> to
> >> derail the process since long and is trying to break the back of the
> spirit
> >> of unity of the workers and the legitimacy of the Union.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It is due to this, and continuing with this vindictive attitude and in a
> >> pre-planned manner, yesterday, the afternoon of 18thJuly, a supervisor
> in
> >> the shop floor abused and made casteist comments against a dalit worker
> of
> >> the permanent category, which was legitimately protested by the worker.
> >> Instead of taking action against the said supervisor, the management
> >> immediately suspended the worker concerned without any investigation as
> was
> >> demanded by the workers. When the workers along with Union
> representatives
> >> went to meet the HR to demand against the supervisor and revoke the
> unjust
> >> suspension of the worker, the HR officials flatly refused to hear our
> >> arguments, and it was in no mood to resolve the issue amicably.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> When the negotiation was going on with the leaders of the Union inside
> the
> >> office, the management called in the entry of hundreds of bouncers on
> its
> >> payroll from outside the plant to attack the workers, and blocked the
> exit.
> >> This is completely an illegal vindictive action in the spirit of
> conspiracy
> >> to corner us into submission even as our demands and methods are
> legitimate
> >> and peaceful. The exit gates were closed by the security on behest of
> the
> >> management and the bouncers brutally attacked the workers with sharp
> >> weapons and arms. They, joined by some of the managerial staff and
> police
> >> later, beat up a number of workers who have had to be hospitalised with
> >> serious injuries. The bouncers, who are anti-social elements on hire,
> also
> >> destroyed company property and set fire to a portion of the factory. The
> >> gates were later opened to oust the workers and enforce a lockout by the
> >> company.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> We have the workers and the company’s welfare in mind and have worked
> >> towards it after the resolution of the dispute last year, and to blame
> the
> >> current violence on us is unjust, which should be properly
> investigated. We
> >> are still keen to dialogue with the company and want to sit with the
> >> company management and the government labour department to amicably
> resolve
> >> the matter and restore industrial peace in the factory.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ram Meher
> >>
> >> President, Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (MSWU)
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