June 18, 2011 1:50 PM

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Strike at Maruti's Manesar plant called off

The 13-day strike at the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) Manesar plant in Gurgaon was called off late Thursday following a deal brokered by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda between the workers and the management.As part of the deal, MSI will reinstate all the sacked 11 workers and take a lenient approach on enforcing no-work-no- pay rule of eight day's salary cut for every single day of the strike.On the other hand, the worker's have conceded to the management's demand of not allowing the formation of a second union in the company."Agreement has been signed and workers have decided to call off the strike. They will resume work from tomorrow", Haryana Labour Secretary Sarban Singh said.He said the company has decided to reinstate all the 11 sacked employees and a disciplinary inquiry will be initiated against them.A striking worker said, "We have just heard that all our demands are met. The 11 terminated workers are taken back. We will start work from Saturday after taking a day's rest tomorrow."Commenting on the outcome, CITU Haryana State President Satvir Singh said, "The management will take back all the 11 workers with a pending enquiry against them. The company has also promised not to victimise any employee."The company, however, will implement 'no work, no pay' policy and the workers have also agreed to that, he added."The formation of a new union is completely between the workers and the labour department. The agreement has hence not mentioned anything about recognising a new union," Singh said.He said the seven worker representatives, who have signed the agreement are also the representatives of MSEU and hence the "company has indirectly accepted the union".Reacting to the development, AITUC Haryana State Secretary Suresh Gaur said, "This is a historic win for the workers in the region as well as the country. Maruti has never taken back any employee, whom it had sacked.""During the three-month strike in 2000-2001, the company had sacked hundreds of workers and none of them have been taken back yet…," he added.Meanwhile, Singh said the workers in about 65 factories in the Gurgaon-Manesar industrial belt have withdrawn their hunger strike on June 17 and the two-hour tool-down strike on June 20.

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