| Violence at Maruti's Manesar plant: 80 workers arrested, no work today |
| Posted on 19-07-2012 | 08:06:43 IST | DY365 Bureau |
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Gurgaon: Eighty workers of the Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant have been arrested so far following the clash between workers and the managerial staff on Wednesday that left one person dead and 40 injured last night, as per media reports.Reports also have it that no production work at the Manesar plant will be carried out today."One person died of burn injuries in the incident," Gurgaon Police Commissioner K K Sindhu had said.In a statement, the company said the violence broke out in the evening Wednesday when a worker beat up a supervisor on the shop floor.However, the employees union said "objectionable remarks" by the supervisor against an employee triggered the violence."Work at the Manesar plant had to be stopped following the violence," the company had said.Labour unrest is not a new phenomenon in Manesar plant which mainly produces Swift. The factory had witnessed three such instances last year causing a total production loss of about 83,000 units."Workers at the plant today turned violent, attacking and injuring executives and managers in the office premises. At least 40 managers and executives are injured, and have been rushed to hospital. The attackers also set fire to property and damaged facilities," Maruti had said."The sequence of events began in the morning with a worker beating up a supervisor on the shop floor. The workers' union prevented the management from taking disciplinary action against the worker," the company had said.As part of their protest, the workers prevented executives and managers from leaving the factory after working hours. They blocked the exit gates and held the executives hostage, it had said.Maruti said to resolve the issue amicably, members of the senior management met the union. During the talks, the workers attacked the members of the senior management, executives and managers, it alleged.This version was contested by the union. Sarabjeet Singh, general secretary of the Maruit Suzuki Workers' Union (MSWU), had said, "the supervisor made castiest remark against a permanent worker, who belongs to the Scheduled Caste category. When we opposed it, they misbehaved with us and suspended the worker"."There is tension prevailing at the plant. About 1,500 workers of the morning shift have not left the complex. If the management does not take back the worker, we may stop our work," he had said.Meanwhile, Haryana DGP Ranjiv Dalal was asked to rush to Gurgaon in view of the trouble at Maruti's Manesar plant.Haryana Chief Secretary P K Choudhary asked Dalal to immediately proceed to Manesar.Choudhary had said in Chandigarh that nobody would be allowed to take law in one's own hand.Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had said stern action will be taken against those found guilty in the Maruti's Manesar Plant dispute.Hooda had said DGP Dalal had already rushed to Gurgaon to ensure that law and order is maintained at all cost. |
