The strike at the Maruti Suzuki plant shows workers’ rights is still a simmering issue Spanner In The... * Labour disputes/strikes down from 250 in ’04-05 to under 100 * Strike by 3,000 Maruti workers found support from 65 unions across companies * Trade unions assert workers’ right to form a union, or to decide which union to join * Ashok Leyland, Hyundai, Honda Motorcycles, GM among those that have...
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Maruti strike continues by Jiby Kattakayam
Signs of softening of stand by management and workers The deadlock at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant continued on Sunday amid signs of a softening of stand by both the management and workers. Nearly 2,000 workers are currently on the ninth day of a stay-in strike. While the talks held on Saturday night between Haryana Labour Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma and trade union representatives failed to break the impasse, another round of...
More »Haryana govt bans workers' strike at Maruti's Manesar plant
-The Economic Times The Haryana government on Friday imposed a ban on the week-long workers' strike at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant by passing prohibitory orders, seeking to find a solution through legal recourse to the issue which threatens to spiral into a labour unrest in India's biggest auto hub. Despite the government mounting pressure by deploying additional police force at the factory on late Friday evening, workers have decided to continue...
More »SC can't deny info if plea filed under RTI Act: CIC by Himanshi Dhawan
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has overturned its own decision and ruled that the Supreme Court cannot deny information on judicial matters if an applicant has asked for it under the Right to Information Act. As of now, information disclosure related to a person's own case could be applied to the Supreme Court under the RTI Act. But in case the information related to judicial matters of a third party,...
More »Worrisome trend by TK Rajalakshmi
The CSR has declined in 27 States and Union Territories, recording an all-time low, while the adult sex ratio has improved, though slowly. WHEN the provisional data from Census 2011 were released on March 31, the worst fears of those working in the area of women and child development were confirmed. The horror of a declining child sex ratio (CSR), which first came to light in Census 2001, returned once again,...
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