Madras HC asks Yamaha staff to not strike near factory
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:26.09.2018
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Sriperumbudur police to ensure that the trade union activities and demonstration by the workmen of India Yamaha Motor is being held 200 metres away from the factory premises located in Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram district. Justice P Rajamanickam passed the interim order on the plea moved by Yamaha seeking adequate police protection for ingress and aggress of vehicles and people from in and out of the factory premises and further vacate the trespassing workmen by ensuring that no striking workers assemble illegally in any form within the radius of 200meters from its factory.
When the plea came up for hearing, the company further submitted that they are not averse to legitimate trade union activities. However, in the guise of strike or trade union activities some workers and their allies cannot obstruct or prevent other employees from entering inside the premises and working. The labour unrest in the five automotive factories, including Yamana, Royal Enfield and tier I auto component suppliers Honeywell and Myong Shin Automotive India (MSAI) continued Tuesday with more than 2,500 employees protesting.
CITU state president A Soundararajan said: “The issue is the same in both Yamaha and Royal Enfield – the right to form an association. We formed our trade union in both these companies and those workers were immediately dismissed. Royal Enfield dismissed four workers and Yamaha two.” Yamaha, in its petition submitted that it was not averse to legitimate trade union activities.
Labour unrest over forming of a trade union has been simmering in the Oragadam belt for over four months now though the actual strike in Yamaha started on September 21 and in Royal Enfield on September 24. “As many as 19 people were suspended in MSAI and another 55 in Honeywell have lost their jobs,” said Soundararajan. Pay hikes and other reinstatement of dismissed employees are some of the demands of the striking workers apart from the right to form a trade union.
“The assistant labour commissioner of Sriperumbudur has summoned the Yamaha management once again tomorrow (September 26) morning at 11.30 am. As for Royal Enfield, the management there have also been called by the assistant labour commissioner and the striking employees are now waiting to see if a resolution is round the corner, he added.
A total of 2,500 employees in five companies are striking including 700 permanent employees in Yamaha (almost the entire permanent workforce of the company said Soundararajan), 300 permanent employees in MSAI have been striking for 20 days now and around 1000 permanent and temporary workers in Royal Enfield are involved in the strike. There have been no fresh formal statements from the companies so far on Tuesday.
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:26.09.2018
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Sriperumbudur police to ensure that the trade union activities and demonstration by the workmen of India Yamaha Motor is being held 200 metres away from the factory premises located in Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram district. Justice P Rajamanickam passed the interim order on the plea moved by Yamaha seeking adequate police protection for ingress and aggress of vehicles and people from in and out of the factory premises and further vacate the trespassing workmen by ensuring that no striking workers assemble illegally in any form within the radius of 200meters from its factory.
When the plea came up for hearing, the company further submitted that they are not averse to legitimate trade union activities. However, in the guise of strike or trade union activities some workers and their allies cannot obstruct or prevent other employees from entering inside the premises and working. The labour unrest in the five automotive factories, including Yamana, Royal Enfield and tier I auto component suppliers Honeywell and Myong Shin Automotive India (MSAI) continued Tuesday with more than 2,500 employees protesting.
CITU state president A Soundararajan said: “The issue is the same in both Yamaha and Royal Enfield – the right to form an association. We formed our trade union in both these companies and those workers were immediately dismissed. Royal Enfield dismissed four workers and Yamaha two.” Yamaha, in its petition submitted that it was not averse to legitimate trade union activities.
Labour unrest over forming of a trade union has been simmering in the Oragadam belt for over four months now though the actual strike in Yamaha started on September 21 and in Royal Enfield on September 24. “As many as 19 people were suspended in MSAI and another 55 in Honeywell have lost their jobs,” said Soundararajan. Pay hikes and other reinstatement of dismissed employees are some of the demands of the striking workers apart from the right to form a trade union.
“The assistant labour commissioner of Sriperumbudur has summoned the Yamaha management once again tomorrow (September 26) morning at 11.30 am. As for Royal Enfield, the management there have also been called by the assistant labour commissioner and the striking employees are now waiting to see if a resolution is round the corner, he added.
A total of 2,500 employees in five companies are striking including 700 permanent employees in Yamaha (almost the entire permanent workforce of the company said Soundararajan), 300 permanent employees in MSAI have been striking for 20 days now and around 1000 permanent and temporary workers in Royal Enfield are involved in the strike. There have been no fresh formal statements from the companies so far on Tuesday.
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