Bajaj offers Rs 10,000 hike to Chakan workers
17 Feb 2014 1:36 AM GMT
Even as a meeting between the employees union at Chakan and the Shramik Ekta Mahasangh has been convened on Sunday to discuss the issue, the Chakan plant employees union has threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike if the company management does not honour its commitment on reinstatement of 20 employees and wage revision, sources said.
Bajaj Auto in a release said the wage review was due on April, 2013 and management made efforts for the review. ‘But union in March illegally terminated the settlement dated 21 May, 2010 and submitted fresh charter of demands on the service conditions,’ it said.
‘On oral request of many Chakan workmen and looking at the hardship faced by them, Bajaj Auto management has decided to give the wage rise of Rs 10,000 per month in a phased manner to the workmen at Chakan. Accordingly, the management has displayed the notice in the Chakan plant,’ Bajaj Auto said.
Though the issue is subjudice, management continued negotiations and held number of negotiation meetings with the Union, the release said, adding that ‘however, demands being exorbitant and irrational, negotiations could not be progressed’.
The union sources said the management had also given a ‘commitment’ of signing a new wage agreement but it remains pending.
The union has, however, not served a deadline on the agitation, they said adding, ‘action plan will depend on the management's response on the issue.’
Bajaj Auto in a release said the wage review was due on April, 2013 and management made efforts for the review. ‘But union in March illegally terminated the settlement dated 21 May, 2010 and submitted fresh charter of demands on the service conditions,’ it said.
‘On oral request of many Chakan workmen and looking at the hardship faced by them, Bajaj Auto management has decided to give the wage rise of Rs 10,000 per month in a phased manner to the workmen at Chakan. Accordingly, the management has displayed the notice in the Chakan plant,’ Bajaj Auto said.
Though the issue is subjudice, management continued negotiations and held number of negotiation meetings with the Union, the release said, adding that ‘however, demands being exorbitant and irrational, negotiations could not be progressed’.
The union sources said the management had also given a ‘commitment’ of signing a new wage agreement but it remains pending.
The union has, however, not served a deadline on the agitation, they said adding, ‘action plan will depend on the management's response on the issue.’
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