Bajaj claims ‘Chakan strike called off unconditionally’
14 Aug 2013 10:37 PM GMT
Bajaj Auto on Tuesday said that workers at its Chakan plant have called off their nearly one-and-half- month long strike 'unconditionally' and work will resume from Wednesday. The management will consider the reinstatement of 22 suspended workmen 'objectively and sympathetically', Bajaj Auto MD Rajiv Bajaj said in a statement.
'I am very pleased that the Vishwa Kalyan Kamgar Sanghatana union has unconditionally called off their strike at Chakan,' Bajaj said. The workers had gone on strike from 25 June. The management had claimed that they 'stopped coming' to work, affecting production following the refusal to allot them shares at discounted price. The workers sought higher wages and reinstatement of sacked colleagues.
'On behalf of the management, I assure all the 22 workmen who are suspended pending enquiry that their cases will be considered objectively and sympathetically in the collective interest of all stakeholders,' Bajaj added. The union's comments could not be obtained immediately.
In a filing to the BSE, Bajaj Auto said it has received a notice from the workmen's union of its Chakan plant, VKKS that the work 'stoppage has been withdrawn and all the workmen at Chakan will resume duty in their respective shifts from 14 August, 2013'. The Chakan plant has an installed capacity of 3,000 units a day and employs 1,500 workers.
Earlier in the day, Bajaj announced that the deadline for permanent transfer of 50 per cent production from Chakan to other plants at Aurangabad and Pantnagar was extended till Friday as the firm hoped for a solution to the strike in two days. Bajaj had earlier threatened that it would move out half of the production at Chakan to the other plants by 12 August unless the strike ended but it expired without a satisfactory result being achieved.
'I am very pleased that the Vishwa Kalyan Kamgar Sanghatana union has unconditionally called off their strike at Chakan,' Bajaj said. The workers had gone on strike from 25 June. The management had claimed that they 'stopped coming' to work, affecting production following the refusal to allot them shares at discounted price. The workers sought higher wages and reinstatement of sacked colleagues.
'On behalf of the management, I assure all the 22 workmen who are suspended pending enquiry that their cases will be considered objectively and sympathetically in the collective interest of all stakeholders,' Bajaj added. The union's comments could not be obtained immediately.
In a filing to the BSE, Bajaj Auto said it has received a notice from the workmen's union of its Chakan plant, VKKS that the work 'stoppage has been withdrawn and all the workmen at Chakan will resume duty in their respective shifts from 14 August, 2013'. The Chakan plant has an installed capacity of 3,000 units a day and employs 1,500 workers.
Earlier in the day, Bajaj announced that the deadline for permanent transfer of 50 per cent production from Chakan to other plants at Aurangabad and Pantnagar was extended till Friday as the firm hoped for a solution to the strike in two days. Bajaj had earlier threatened that it would move out half of the production at Chakan to the other plants by 12 August unless the strike ended but it expired without a satisfactory result being achieved.
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