The article discusses about toyota kirloskar private limited, which is a joint venture between toyota

motor corporation and kirloskar group of India, the management announced an indefinite lockout
following a strike, which was considered illegal by the management as the employee union did not
give a manadatory 14 day notice as per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the strike was carried out
with the demand to reinstate dismissed and suspended employees and improve work conditions at the
plant, the company's output had fallen from 92 vehicles per day to 30 per day causing a loss of INR
700 million to the company, the employee union withdrew the strike following a government order but
they refused to sign an undertaking of maintaining good conduct in the organization, the articles
conclude by saying that the japanese ambassador in India thought that such incidents would show
India in poor light.

Introduction
On January 08, 2006, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited (TKM) announced an indefinite lockout of
its vehicle manufacturing plant at Bidadi located near Bangalore, Karnataka. The decision was taken
following a strike, which had entered its third day, by the Toyota Kirloskar Motor Employees Union
(Employee
Union),
the
only
company
recognized
union.
The lockout notice stated that the strike was illegal as the Employee Union did not give the mandatory
14 day notice period as per Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. It also stated that the workers were
indulging in violence and destruction...

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