Amid the ongoing labour tussle with workers at its Manesar plant, the country’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), on Saturday rolled out 250 cars from the facility.
An additional 110 units of the Swift were rolled out from the company’s facility at Gurgaon.
Endorsing the MSIL management’s stance on the rift with workers at the Manesar facility, Suzuki Motor Corporation Chairman Osama Suzuki had yesterday said the firm would not compromise on discipline. “Indiscipline is not tolerated...not in Japan, not in India. It is never in the interest of any company and its people,” Suzuki was quoted as saying in a statement released by MSIL.
Production at the Manesar plant has been affected severely since August 29, after the management suspended and dismissed 21 employees on charges of sabotaging production and deliberately causing quality problems in the vehicles manufactured at the plant.
MSIL had also asked all the workers to sign a bond of good conduct. The company has also reiterated that workers would not be allowed to resume work until they sign the bond. MSIL Chairman
R C Bhargava said, “We are very clear that the people (workers) will have to sign the good conduct bond. Only then would they be allowed into the company.
The company would not take a hasty decision because of a daily loss of production at the Manesar plant. While most of the workers are innocent and hardworking, there are some who are highly indisciplined.”
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On an average, the firm produces about 1,200 units of the Swift, A-Star and SX4 models every day from the Manesar plant. It is estimated that till Friday, the labour unrest had resulted in a loss of about 10,260 units, valued at over Rs 510 crore, for MSIL.
MSIL had hired a batch of 95 skilled technicians yesterday, taking the total strength of the workforce at the Manesar plant to around 1,050.
During the first two days of the stand-off, the company had dismissed five permanent workers. It had also suspended 26 permanent workers and discontinued the services of another 18 trainees on charges of sabotage and causing quality problems in cars.