Labour unrest in India in the last two years -facts and analysis.

Group Members Kalpana Jadhav(22) Nikhita Rane (32) Saijyothi shetty(41) Vishal Shivkar(59) Vishwanathan Iyer (61)

What is labour unrest ?

Labour unrest is a dispute between white collar and blue collar, where in blue collar workers oraganize strikes to show their dissatisfaction.

There are many causes of labour unrest in India, Low wages Rising Price Unsatisfactory working conditions Demand for leave with pay Resistance to misconduct of officers Demand for adequate bonus Retrenchment due to sophisticated machinery Political causes

The first instance of such a strike took place in Bombay known as the General Strike, in which 120,000 workers.
Statistics of Strikes and Lockouts during the years 2010 (P), 2011(P) and 2012 (P)- (January to October)
2011(January to October) Strikes Lockouts Mandays Lost 166 154 10,099,620 2012(January to October) 173 21 2,029,439

Maruti violence:
How workers went from celebration to carnage in Manesar

PROBLEM FROM WORKERS VIEW POINT

Differences in salary pay

Working condition
Forced to fill an undertaking form
WORKERS DEMAND To establish an independent union named

Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU)in the company. Basic sanitary enhancements demanded by the workforce

MANAGEMENTS VIEW OF PROBLEM

Unhappy workers have found out a new way to disrupt ongoing work at the plant by creating serious defects in quality of the cars, so they would fail vehicle inspection quality test. Workers indulging in deliberate attempts to reduce output and are compromising product quality Revenge for the previous strike.

Refused to sign good conduct form which aims at ensuring the production of good quality products.

ACTION TAKEN AGAINST EMPLOYEES

Suspension of 10 workers Dismissal of five Discontinued the services of six trainees. Also suspended four workers for "instigating indiscipline" a week before Another four suspended in late July for manhandling supervisors. Charges of sabotage-such as doors falling off completed cars and causing quality problems in the cars produced. On 14th August; police force of 500 sent to occupy the factory to prevent violent activities

Consequences

 Company agreed to provide bus services in line with shift timings. Set up a Grievance redressal committee. The committee will have representatives from the management and the workers. Formation of a labour welfare committee to promote good relations.