Maruti Suzuki (part of Suzuki)

Waiting for justice [India]

Author: T.K. Rajalakshmi, Frontline

For the Maruti Suzuki workers who have been languishing in jail for over a year now and their families, it is going to be another black Deepavali…All the 147 workers incarcerated in Bhondsi Jail have been charged with murder, attempted murder, criminal...

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Falling sales and farmers’ protest may delay Maruti’s Gujarat plans [India]

Author: Chanchal Pal Chauhan, Economic Times

Maruti Suzuki's plans to build manufacturing units in Gujarat may take a long time in coming due to slowing car sales and continued farmer agitation against land allocation …. Farmers of these villages…demanding the land back, saying they prefer...

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Maruti Suzuki (part of Suzuki) did not respond to: 1 year on from incident at Maruti Suzuki Plant in Haryana that led to arrest of 147 workers (still awaiting trial), and termination of over 2000 workers

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Merchants of menace: repressing workers in India's new industrial belt [India]

Author: International Commission for Labor Rights

The International Commission for Labor Rights convened an international delegation to investigate alleged violations of workers’ and trade union rights at the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki (MSIL). Activists had alleged that dozens of workers had been...

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Remedy needed to India Inc's labour unrest ailment

Author: M Saraswathy, Sharmistha Mukherjee & Viveat Pinto, Business Standard (India)

It is a trend that threatens to assume alarming proportions in corporate India. Incidents of labour unrest have been on the rise in recent years across companies, pointing to growing discontent among workers over wages and other issues. The list of...

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Delhi rape case shakes up corporate India; companies take stock of women employees' safety

Author: Devina Sengupta, Sreeradha D Basu, Saumya Bhattacharya, Economic Times

Three days after a woman was gang-raped and thrown out of a bus in New Delhi, it's not just the country's citizens that are grappling with alternating waves of shame, fear and anger. Corporate India is pounding with the same emotions, and although a...

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Maruti faces costly shutdown after deadly factory violence [India]

Author: Times News Network

A day after mob violence and arson at Maruti's Manesar plant claimed the life of a senior executive and left over 100 management officials hospitalized, the police on Thursday went on the offensive and sent 91 workers into judicial custody…more than 3...

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Social responsibility: IBM to support tribal theme park in Sasan Gir [India]

Author: Indian Express

IBM will support the first tribal theme park in Gujarat in Sasan Gir...It will be run and managed by the tribals of Sasan Gir, known as the Siddis...Mamtha Sharma, Manager, CSR and Community Affairs, IBM said: “...Our experts helped in developing the...

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Labour unrest at Gurgaon-Manesar auto parts units continues [India]

Author: The Hindu [India]

A total of 25,000-30,000 workers of auto ancilliary units in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt...[have been]...agitating for around six days...The belt...includes major auto component suppliers such as Rico Auto, Sunbeam Auto, Sona Koyo Steering Systems,...

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