Honda+(India)+management,+employees+sound+truce

=Honda management, employees sound truce=

Economic Times, SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2005 01:02:52 AM
NEW DELHI: Over a month-long strike and labour unrest at Honda and Motorcycle Scooters India (HMSI) came to an end today. According to an agreement brokered by Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, HMSI agreed to take in 4 dismissed and 50 suspended workers while workers agreed to resume duty from Monday and promised not to make any fresh demand for a one-year period.

The company also agreed to allow workers to retain the Labour Union, formation of which was the bone of contention and a major issue which led to the confrontation with the management. The workers will, however, not get salary for the period they were on strike.

The dismissed employees will also be giving a ‘separate assurance letter’ to the management, apart from the undertaking that all the agitators would sign before joining duty. In the undertaking, they would promise not to engage in any kind of indiscipline and also give an assurance that they would ensure normal production.

The workers also claimed that the company has promised to employ a family member of one of the apprentices who was killed during the agitation early in July.

In a statement issued today, the company said the management has in consideration of the state’s industry in general and the welfare of the HMSI workmen agreed to resolve the current situation with certain one-time measures that would help in normalising overall situation and promote goodwill and harmony not just at HMSI but at the entire region as well.


 * From: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1186437.cms**