Maruti Suzuki is India's largest car manufacturer, established in 1981 as a joint venture between Suzuki Motor Corporation and the Indian government. It operates manufacturing plants in Gurgaon and Manesar, India, with the Manesar plant having an annual production capacity of 550,000 vehicles. In 2012, a major labor dispute and violence at the Manesar plant between workers and management led to production losses of Rs. 210 crore per day for Maruti Suzuki. This dispute highlighted the need to revise Indian labor laws governing contract workers and the rights of labor unions.
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2. Maruti Suzuki
Parent company :Suzuki Motor Corporation
established in February 1981
Type: public
Industry : Automotive
Predecessor(s) : Maruti Udyog Limited
Revenue : 37,522 crore (US$6.79 billion)
Income : 2,288 crore (US$414.13 million)
Operating Plants: Manufacturing units
Gurgoan , Manesar
Market share : 49% (passenger vehicles)
Tag Line :
We believe our core values drive us in every
Endeavour
Manesar Plant
Inaugurated : February 2007
total production capacity: 550,000 vehicles
annually
5. Statistics :
unorganized sector:92% workers
manesar workers: 4th such incident in a year
3000:permanent
2800:contract
wages :
permanent : 23000 month
contract:9500 per month
Cause Of The Issue
labour unrest
wage wars
Unions
History Of issues in Manesar
June 2011: registration of new trade
union
October 2011: strike
6. Production loss : about Rs 210 crore
Per Day loss: 70 crores
Work Environment: labourers horrified ,
death of its human resources general manager
injuries to 96 employees,
damage to the plant.
LARGE AND DIRECT IMPACT
Companies with dedicated supplies to
maruti Suzuki suffer heavy losses
Impact the balance sheets of a large
no of component companies
Products:
high-selling cars such as Swift and Dzire
rolling out of Manesar have gone off production
lockout at Manesar has led to around
50% cut in orders
8. Two possibilities:
Compromise:
either management and
workers arrive at a temporary
resolution and until then the
company shifts production to
Gurgaon
Extreme scenario :
Maruti exits completely and
shifts to Gujarat.
9. Laws Need To Be Revised
Laborers point of view:
Revision of laws
contract labor laws 1970
minimum wages act 1948
Factories act 1948
Companys demand
Hire and Fire flexibility
The future belongs to the working class