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Haryana Government Refuses Maruti's Second Union
Responding to the government's decision not to recognise the Maruti Suzuki Worker's Union, MSIL chairman R.C Bhargava said: “The application for forming a second union in the company has been turned down by the government. The situation is fluid, but we are working closely with the employees to resolve the issue."
The Haryana government's decision might prove to be a temporary reprieve for MSIL's management. The company is in talks with the workers to resolve any issues. Maruti Suzuki workers at Manesar believe they were not properly represented in the present workers' union and did not even participate in the union elections held last month.
Maruti Suzuki Employees Union's general secretary Shiv Kumar said: “We will continue with our demand for an independent union for workers at the Manesar plant. We are looking at re-applying for registering our own union next week." While speaking about the grounds on which the union's application was rejected, Mr Shiv Kumar said: “ We had resigned from MUKU, but our resignation was not accepted."
Maruti Suzuki has continued to stress that it would continue with only one worker union. Shinzo Nakanishi, managing director of MSIL said: “ It has always been our policy to have one union for all workers, with the union having no outsiders as members. We are making efforts to communicate with our workers at Manesar, change will come about gradually through education."
Maruti Suzuki suffered a RS.720 crore revenue loss following the 13 day strike in Manesar. The main reason for the strike was the MSIL management's refusal to recognise the strike. The Haryana government had brokered a truce between the management and the workers to end the strike. The workers had then applied for official recognition of the union from the government's labour department. It remains to be seen if the government's actions will lead to more labour trouble to India's leading carmaker.
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