Toyota Kirloskar staff barred entry for not signing bond
26 March 2014 4:57 AM IST
‘We have not resumed work on Monday. We said that the company should lift its lockout unconditionally and we will not sign any undertaking as desired by the company,’ said Toyota Kirloskar Motor Employees Union President Prasanna Kumar.
‘We had gone there... but they have not allowed us in. They are insisting that we have to sign the undertaking,’ he said. Asked about the next step the union would take, he said, ‘We are meeting the Chief Minister, seeking his intervention.’ Toyota Kirloskar Motor had on Thursday announced its decision to lift the lockout implemented on March 16. ‘Consequent to our decision, the team members are welcome to resume work with effect from March 24 after signing a simple undertaking on good conduct,’ the company said in a statement.
The TKMEU general body met on Saturday and said they were ready to resume work on March 24 but would not sign any undertaking. The union had also sought withdrawal of suspension of some employees. Toyota Kirloskar Motor, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp of Japan, had declared the lockout following failure of talks between the management and the union on wage negotiations. The union is demanding a wage hike of Rs 4,000 as against Rs 3,050 proposed by the management.
Earlier, asked about nature of the undertaking that Toyota Kirloskar Motor was insisting on, Kumar had said, ‘The conditions are illegal. It sounds as though we should agree to the legitimacy of the lockout and agree to the notice they had issued.’
‘It also says something like we will follow the instructions of the company and follow it without raising any objections; it sounds as though curtailing our basic rights... something like restrictions on using mobile phone, also installing of cameras,’ said the union leader. The Manmohan-Singh Government has so far quietly, tacitly and shamelessly supported the Japanese-led oppressors.
M&M, Tatas & Honda plot April price hikes
New Delhi: Mahindra & Mahindra, Honda Cars India and Tata Motors are looking to increase prices of their models from next month, mainly to offset higher input and operational costs. ‘We are actively contemplating increasing the prices of our vehicles in April due to increase in input and operational costs,’ said Mahindra & Mahindra Chief Executive (Automotive Division) Pravin Shah. The company hasn’t decided by how much prices will be raised. ‘We have not yet taken a final decision on the quantum and timing but this a matter we are seriously considering right now. It will happen for sure in April,’ Shah said. Sources in Honda Cars India said the company is considering a hike in prices next month. ‘The discussions are going on, there is a possibility,’ the source said.
Tata Motors said it may increase prices of passenger vehicles by 1 to 2 per cent. Honda cars are priced between Rs 3.99 and Rs 24.36 lakh while Mahindra passenger vehicles manufactured in the country retail between Rs 5.43 lakh and Rs 14.48 lakh (all prices ex-showroom Delhi). Last month Mahindra had reduced prices of its passenger vehicles by between Rs 13,000 and Rs 49,000, after the reduction of excise duty. Honda Cars India had also cut prices by as much as Rs 44,741.
‘We had gone there... but they have not allowed us in. They are insisting that we have to sign the undertaking,’ he said. Asked about the next step the union would take, he said, ‘We are meeting the Chief Minister, seeking his intervention.’ Toyota Kirloskar Motor had on Thursday announced its decision to lift the lockout implemented on March 16. ‘Consequent to our decision, the team members are welcome to resume work with effect from March 24 after signing a simple undertaking on good conduct,’ the company said in a statement.
The TKMEU general body met on Saturday and said they were ready to resume work on March 24 but would not sign any undertaking. The union had also sought withdrawal of suspension of some employees. Toyota Kirloskar Motor, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp of Japan, had declared the lockout following failure of talks between the management and the union on wage negotiations. The union is demanding a wage hike of Rs 4,000 as against Rs 3,050 proposed by the management.
Earlier, asked about nature of the undertaking that Toyota Kirloskar Motor was insisting on, Kumar had said, ‘The conditions are illegal. It sounds as though we should agree to the legitimacy of the lockout and agree to the notice they had issued.’
‘It also says something like we will follow the instructions of the company and follow it without raising any objections; it sounds as though curtailing our basic rights... something like restrictions on using mobile phone, also installing of cameras,’ said the union leader. The Manmohan-Singh Government has so far quietly, tacitly and shamelessly supported the Japanese-led oppressors.
M&M, Tatas & Honda plot April price hikes
New Delhi: Mahindra & Mahindra, Honda Cars India and Tata Motors are looking to increase prices of their models from next month, mainly to offset higher input and operational costs. ‘We are actively contemplating increasing the prices of our vehicles in April due to increase in input and operational costs,’ said Mahindra & Mahindra Chief Executive (Automotive Division) Pravin Shah. The company hasn’t decided by how much prices will be raised. ‘We have not yet taken a final decision on the quantum and timing but this a matter we are seriously considering right now. It will happen for sure in April,’ Shah said. Sources in Honda Cars India said the company is considering a hike in prices next month. ‘The discussions are going on, there is a possibility,’ the source said.
Tata Motors said it may increase prices of passenger vehicles by 1 to 2 per cent. Honda cars are priced between Rs 3.99 and Rs 24.36 lakh while Mahindra passenger vehicles manufactured in the country retail between Rs 5.43 lakh and Rs 14.48 lakh (all prices ex-showroom Delhi). Last month Mahindra had reduced prices of its passenger vehicles by between Rs 13,000 and Rs 49,000, after the reduction of excise duty. Honda Cars India had also cut prices by as much as Rs 44,741.
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