New Delhi: More than 80 workers have been arrested after clashes at Maruti's Manesar plant. One person died of burn injuries and sources say 85 others were injured in a scuffle at Maruti's Manesar plant on Wednesday. A case has also been registered against 50 workers for attempt to murder and damage to property as the management and workers blamed each other.
The workers allegedly set property on fire and ransacked the premises. Sources say that a supervisor allegedly got into an altercation with a junior worker and passed some disparaging and casteist remarks. During that altercation the worker allegedly slapped the supervisor, following which the management took the decision to suspend the worker. The other workers protested against the suspension.
While the management was meeting in the conference room, the workers stormed in and there was a physical fight. At the same time sections of workers set fire at five places in the factory including the control room and assembly line.
The body of the dead will be identified only after DNA tests are done. The Commissioner of Police told CNN-IBN that two shifts of workers are involved in the agitation.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has also promised stern action against the culprits. Work at the Manesar plant had to be stopped following the violence. The Gurgaon plant continued normally.
While reports say the scuffle was because of differences over wages, the company said, "The sequence of events began in the morning with a worker beating up a supervisor on the shop floor. The workers' union prevented the management from taking disciplinary action against the worker. They blocked the exit gates and held the executives hostage. To resolve the issue amicably, members of the senior management met the union. During the talks, the workers attacked the senior management."
"It was a pre-planned attack, we weren't able to understand it at that time. After a meeting ended, they started beating us, vandalising the office, machines and even some cars," an injured Maruti Suzuki employee said.
Labour unrest is not a new phenomenon in Manesar plant which mainly produces Swift. The factory had witnessed three such instances last year causing a total production loss of about 83,000 units.
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