This document summarizes a case study on labor unrest at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant in India in 2012. It provides background on Maruti Suzuki and describes the events that led to strikes and violence at the plant in June and July 2012 over issues like pay differences, working conditions, and demands for an independent union. The unrest caused the plant's operations to stop for a month, costing the company over 1,500 crore rupees. It impacted the local economy and auto sector. Both workers and management faced challenges that contributed to the dispute.

1. Chandigarh University
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Case study on labour unrest at Maruti
Suzuki limited at Manesar
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2. Overview of the Company
• MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LIMITED HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND INCORPORATED SINCE 1983.
• MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LIMITED IS A SUBSIDY OF THE SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
,JAPAN

3. overview
 India’s largest passenger car company ,accounting for over 55% of the domestic
car market
 First Company in India to mass produce and sell more than am million Cars
 Annually exports More Than 100000 Cars
 Manufacturing facilities are located at three facilities Gurgaon and Manesar and
Gujrat(2017)

4. What happened In Manesar Plant
 June 4 2020 – workers go on strike at MSIL Manesar plant
 June 10 2012-harnyana Bans strike a Maruti Manesar Plant
 June 13,2012-65 unions jointed strike at Manesar
 July 18,2012 violence at Maruti Plant. Near about 96 injured
 July 28,2012 Tools down strike protesting the suspension of 49 colleagues
 August 29-protest against the management’s insistence on Workers signing a ‘ good conduct
bond’
 October 1,2012 Labour unrest at plant ends ,sales decline of 20% in sept
 Oct 21 2012 fresh Maruti strike Workers want susu=pended Contract staff to be taken back

5. Workers demand from the company
 Differences in salary pay
 Working Conditions
 Unions generally limit themselves to acting as a voice of permanent employees
 Demand for a Independent unions

6. Impact on the msil company
 Operation stopped for a month
 Loss estimated to be over rs 1500 crore
 Fear of insecurity to the employees and their families
 Probe;m of lact of labour resources
 Maruti changed its recruitment policy

7. Impact on economy
 Large labour unemployed
 GDP affected
 Loss of country resources
 Disturbance –affecting the common man

8. Labour’s side problem
 A separate union for MANESAR
 Contract labourers –less pay and permanent labourers-high pay
 Long working hours
 What part did we get of the profit that the company earned by exceeding the
targets?
 1500 is deducted for every day on casual leave

9. Management side problem
 No clear demand
 New union will bring a third party –political party
 Lack of discipline
 Accept and sign the ‘good Contract

10. Maruti Suzuki solutions
 Maruti showed insouciance toward workers
 The strike ended after over 1000 protesting workers agreed to sign the ‘good
Conduct Bond’
 Company agreed to take back 44 regular employees after they Serve a suspension
period
 Within a week the company started recruiting temporary manpower from IT IS
 The company said that the workers would not be paid for the last 30 days

11. Solution suggested
 Good code of conduct should have acceptable conditions
 Monthly meetings should have held between management and Workers
 Recruiting company should give preliminary idea before recruiting
Them
 Demand of new union can be fulfilled if an only if the union is not political
influenced
 Provide basic Working conditions demanded by the WorkForces
 Provide communication between Hr people and labours