Workers strike at Tiruvottiyur factory illegal as notice not served: MRF

The workers alleged that they were forced to go on strike in response to the company's decision to install surveillance cameras and delay the wage settlement

Tyre major MRF said on Tuesday that the ongoing strike by a section of employees at the company's Tiruvottiyur factory, near Chennai, is illegal. The strike started on February 9, 2019.

After workers alleged that they were forced to go on strike in response to the company's decision to install surveillance cameras and delay the wage settlement, the company said that the strike was illegal as the notice of the strike, including reasons for the same, had not been served on the company.

Speaking on the delay in wage revision, the management claimed that its efforts to reach an amicable settlement with