-The Business Standard
In a separate development, the Haryana government referred the strike at MSIL to the labour court for adjudication. The government’s move follows a letter by the MSIL management explaining how the labour unrest was affecting them with rising losses for the company.
D L Sachdeva, general secretary, All india Trade Union Congress (AITUC) said: “Workers have come out from the factory. They don’t want to challenge the high court order. The strike would continue, but outside the premises of the factory.” He said the decision was taken after the district administration of Gurgaon assured the workers of an amicable solution.
The Haryana Labour department had on October 12 declared the stir at Manesar as illegal and had asked the agitating workers to refrain from taking law into their hands. Yesterday, the high court had directed the workers to move out of the factory premises and said that they cannot carry out a sit-in demonstration within 100 meters of the MSIL unit.
On Friday, the Gurgaon district administration asked the striking workers of MSIL, Manesar, Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) and Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd (SPIL) to vacate the premises of the companies.
The Haryana Labour department had also filed a civil suit yesterday in the Gurgaon court, alleging that the workers’ unions of Suzuki Powertrain India Limited, Suzuki Motorcycles India Private Limited and representatives of MSIL’s Manesar plant workers had breached the terms of the settlement pact.
Workers at the Manesar plant are demanding reinstatement of 1,200 casual labourers. They are also demanding that 44 permanent workers, who were suspended after an agreement was signed to end the 33-day stand-off on October 1, should be taken back.