Chandigarh Oct 1 (IANS) The 33-day-old strike by workers of the Maruti-Suzuki car manufacturing plant at Manesar in Haryana has come to an end and workers will resume work Monday, the Haryana government announced Saturday.
The deadlock between the striking workers and the car manufacturing company management ended after the leaders of the striking workers agreed that they would sign the ‘good conduct bond’, as desired by the management, before joining work Monday.
‘With the persistent efforts of the Haryana government, the dispute between the labourers and management of the Manesar plant of Maruti- Suzuki India Limited was resolved today (Saturday). As a result, the 33-day long workers strike finally came to an end after hectic negotiations between the management and striking workers,’ a state government spokesman said here.
‘The agreement was made in the presence of Haryana Labour and Employment Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma, Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner P.C. Meena, Additional Labour Commissioner Nitin Yadav and other officials,’ he said.
‘Both the parties resolved that the management would revoke the termination orders of 15 workers issued between Aug 29 and Sep 15 and would convert these orders into suspension orders,’ the spokesman said.
The 18 trainees, who were shown the door last month after they joined the strike, would be allowed to continue as trainees.
‘As per the agreement, the 29 workers who were suspended during the period of July 1 and Sep 17 will remain under suspension and they would be charge sheeted. Enquiry will be conducted against them and accordingly decision would be taken which would be acceptable to them,’ he said.
Under the ‘no work no pay’ rule, the workers will not be paid for the period of strike from Aug 29.
‘It was also decided that all the workers will observe discipline and would not try to obstruct the production either individually or in groups. The management will also not adopt vindictive attitude towards the workers. They resolved that if any dispute erupts between them in future, it will be solved through bilateral talks,’ the spokesman added.
Production of vehicles at the Manesar plant of the country’s biggest car manufacturer has been affected in recent weeks owing to the strike.
