Memorandum
Dated 21July 2012
To
The Residence commissioner
Haryana Bhawan , Govt. of Haryana
Copernicus marg, New Delhi
Sub: - Memorandum on behalf of Mass
Organizations in solidarity with workers of the Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (MSWU)
Sir,
As you are aware with the recent developments
in the Manesar Plant of Maruti Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd. in which 91 workers have
been arrested and many others have been detained. One H.R. manager has died and
hundreds of workers and other managerial Staff have suffered grievous injuries.
The incident shows
total apathy from the state government, its labor department, civil as well as
police administration towards worker’s cause. Workers are facing tough time due
to highhanded approach of maruti management, who is in clear connivance with
state government and its labor department and they are entirely responsible for
the prevailing industrial relations in the manesar unit of Maruti Suzuki India
Pvt. Ltd.
The incident of 18th
July is one stark example of management manipulation to push the worker in
corner. In the afternoon of 18th July, a supervisor in the shop
floor abused and made castist comments against a
dalit worker of the permanent category, which was protested by the worker.
Instead of taking action against the said supervisor, the management
immediately suspended the worker concerned without any investigation as was
demanded by the workers. When the workers along with Union representatives went
to meet the HR to demand against the supervisor and revoke the unjust
suspension of the worker, the HR officials flatly refused to hear worker’s
concern. The management’s attitude was quite clear: they were in no mood to
resolve the issue amicably. They had another nefarious design in their mind.
More than 150 bouncers (private goons on the roll of management) were called
from outside the plant to attack the workers. They blocked the ingress and
out-gress of the plant with clear motive to attack the unarmed workers. This is
criminal act on part of the management which must be condemned and immediate
cognizance of the issue must be taken by those who are responsible for bringing
out industrial peace. The move of the management caused fear in the mind of
workers and chaos prevailed over efforts of worker’s union to arrive on an
amicable settlement.
In
melee one executive from HR department died due to suffocation caused by smoke
generated through fire set by the bouncer (As per cause of death ascertained in
MLC/postmortem report).
As alleged by Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (MSW), the
bouncers brutally attacked the workers
with sharp weapons and arms. It has been
further alleged that they were joined by some of the managerial staff and
police who brutally beaten up a number of workers who have been hospitalized
with grievous injuries. Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (MSW) has further alleged
that bouncers also destroyed company property and set fire to a portion of the
factory.
The incident of 18th July 2012 is not an isolated
incident of industrial chaos prevailing in Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki India
Pvt. Ltd. It would be totally absurd to blame workers for the same. Since a
long time the workers were demanding recognition and registration of their
union which is their legal right guaranteed under Indian constitution. However
management is not ready to give them even inch of space for their right of
association and making collective demand for improvement of their working
conditions. Labor department, local police as well as civil administration are
also on the management side making the workers condition vulnerable. Workers of
Maruti Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd. have been burdened with 103 point, code of
conduct which is unique in its nature and alien to the industrial atmosphere
where worker is held responsible for violation of code of conduct, if he spent
2 more minutes during urinating or do not wear good looking clothes. It is
pertinent to mention here that generally there are 10 to 20 code of conduct in
other industrial unit. Management often try to break the unity of the workers
and for that purpose keep conspiring. The incident of 18th July is
result of management’s nefarious design. It must be checked immediately,
otherwise situation may worsen in future.
it is pertinent to mention here that the management side is
getting strength from anti-worker economic policy of government of India toed
by government of Haryana. There is undeclared abandonment of existing labour laws
once promulgated under pressure of national and international labor movement.
Policy of hire and fire, contractualisation, casualisation has become norms. Labor
department and state government is well aware with the rampant violation of labor
laws in these companies like other industries situated in Gurgaon, however they
do not feel any necessity to intervene in the matter to check the super exploitation
of workers by the management. Contrary to their administrative responsibility
assigned under the law of the land, they are hobnobbing with the management and
resorted to repress the workers movement.
Haryana government claims that it has gone ahead with
industrialization of the state, however we have found that these are hell for the
workers. No job security, no wage norm, no labor law and sheer exploitation of
the workers are only norm in these industrial areas of Haryana.
We undersigned organizations feel that the management of Maruti
Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd. Is entirely responsible for18thJuly incident.
We also condemn aftermath police action on innocent workers and demand that:-
(1)
An
independent inquiry by reputed agency of India is constituted immediately to
inquire into the whole incident including the role of management in 18th
July incident.
(2)
Security
in-charge of Maruti Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd. be interrogated to get the
whereabouts of bouncers involved in the incident of 18th July 2012
and they must be arrested immediately.
(3)
Managerial
staff responsible for employing bouncers must be arrested immediately.
(4)
Innocent workers who have been falsely
implicated in this case be released immediately and witch hunt of workers be
stopped immediately.
(5)
The
labor minister of Haryana Government should resolved the labor dispute by
calling a meeting of Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (MSWU) and management of
Maruti Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd.
(6)
Restore
labor laws in Maruti Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd as well as in other industries in
Haryana.
(7)
F.I.R.
under S.C./S.T. prevention of atrocity act be registered against supervisor who
have made castist abuse against worker.
(8)
The
suspension of worker who is also a victim of castist abuse be revoked
immediately.
(9)
Workers
of Maruti Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd who have got grievous as well as simple injury
be compensated proportionately by the management of Maruti Suzuki India Pvt.
Ltd.
All India Federation of Trade Unions (New), Inqlabi Mazdoor Kendra, Krantikari Lokadhikar Sangathan, Krantikari
Naujawan Sabha, Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, Mazdoor Patrika, Mehnatkash Mazdoor
Morcha, Mazdoor Ekta Committee, Shramik Sangram Committee, Bigul Mazdoor Dasta ,National
Confederation of Human Rights Organisations, People’s Union for Democratic
Rights, People’s Front, Peoples’ Democratic Front of India,
Pragatisheel Mehnatkash Mazdoor Morcha, Pragatisheel Mahila Ekta Kendra,
, Radical Notes, Students For Resistance, Mission Bhartiyam,
Sanhati-Delhi, Jati Unmulan Andolan, Shramik Duniya, Vidyarthi Yuvjan
Sabha,
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