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ISSUES IN INDIA
Shift s in Economic,
Politi cal and Social
Structures on an
Internati onal Scale
leading to….
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More of part time,
contractual and female
workforce and a decrease
in the number of unionized
employees
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What is your take on it? 3
• If yes, then
Legislative reforms….
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Changing Workspace LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Table 32.6: EMPLOYMENT IN FACTORIES- ADULTS, ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN ACCORDING TO SEX
No. of
Average daily number of workers
Year working
factories Total
Adults Adolescents Children
submitting (col 3 to 8)
returns Men Women Males Females Boys Girls
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2000 45117 1984008 210461 38 - - - 2194507
2001 60749 2790114 474420 1860 5673 - - 3272067
2002 57021 2782091 542608 923 4745 - - 3330367
2003 35729 1903297 235590 239 409 - - 2139535
2004 59908 2909566 634965 1992 6408 750 340 3554021
2005 67324 3200219 640412 1401 6046 - - 3848078
2006 73876 3627960 730682 4478 9709 103 100 4373032
2007 44412 2739119 313878 547 394 24 25 3053987
2008 31098 2407010 220933 55 177 91 180 2628446
2009 37244 2467007 194096 717 178 253 156 2662407
2010 69226 3968585 737579 2379 5091 45 31 4713710
2011 70529 4159418 763955 3623 5058 - - 4932054
2012 65788 3330043 661028 5099 6090 .. .. 4002260
2013 17664 1170770 141511 66 79 - - 1312426
2014 39527 2726774 297150 1760 164 - - 3025848
Source: Labour Bureau Chandigarh, Ministry of Labour and Employment
Notes: i) Data relates to the States/Union Territories from where returns have been received.
ii) The information contained in this table may not tally with other tables as this table does not contain the
information relating to the factories which are not submitting returns.
(iii) - = nil
(iv) The Factories Act, 1948 ia not implemented in four States/Union Territories namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, M izoram and Sikkim.
(v) Data is based on returns received.
(vi) .. = Not Available
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TRADE UNIONS
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Table 41.1-NUMBER,MEMBERSHIP,INCOME,EXPENDITURE AND FUNDS OF
REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS
Alienation
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LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
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Legislative Reforms
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MARUTI SUZUKI
FACT SHEET
In 1992 GOI allowed SMC to
MSIL Indian subsidiary of SMC joined as joint venture
raise its stake to 50%. In
SMC Japan incorporated in partner with 26% equity in
2007 SMC’s share rose to
1981 as MUL a 100% govt. 1982, which later increased
54.2% making it the majority
owned company to 40% in 1987.
shareholder
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Contd…
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Trade Unions at MSIL
• Since inception MUL had a trade union MUEU which was
patronized by INTUC
• In 1987 the union ended its affiliation with INTUC and
remained politically neutral with no office bearers from
outside.
• In October, 2000 MUEU declared a strike on the issue of
production incentives. It lasted for 90 days and ended with
the termination of 39 employees and the remaining signing a
good conduct bond and accepting managements incentive
scheme.
• MUL derecognized MUEU and replaced it by another union
MUKU. The new union was also not affiliated with any
political party and had no external office bearers.
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Manesar Plant
• Highly automated plant inaugurated in Feb 2007
• Employees mostly from the state of Haryana, with an
average age of less than 25 years.
• Most workers were unmarried and had started as
trainees in 2007 and were regularized in 2010 after
completing three years of traineeship.
• Trainees were paid between 13K-14K/month, whereas
the contract workers ranged from 4.5K-12K depending
on the skills.
• Essential qualification for becoming regular included
matriculation certificate with ITI diploma
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Background of Problem
• FY 2008/09 was disappointing. But, 2009/10 experienced
an upswing of demand with domestic sales increasing by
20.5% and exports by 100%.
• To augment production MSIL introduced several initiatives,
which increased output by 40% at Manesar and 17% at
Gurgaon plants.
• To achieve this outcome, the minimum required shift was
eight hours with a 30 minute lunch break and two tea
breaks of 7.5 minutes each. Some workers found these
breaks insufficient.
• Some workers complained of misbehavior by supervisors.
• Incentives were offered to motivate but deductions were
incurred for absenteeism.
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To negotiate with MSIL
management on these issues,
the Manesar workers
demanded a Union
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• The workers first approach MUKU at the Gurgaon plant,
but were told that work practices at Manesar are routine.
• The Manesar workers than demanded a separate union.
• The preparation started in Dec 2010 for a separate
union. The management agreed for accommodating
Manesar workers in April 2011 MUKU elections, which
finally were announced for July 2011 with Manesar
Chapter.
• The Manesar workers decided to field Sonu Gujjar a
27yrs old awardee welder as their candidate for
president of the union.
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• On June 3, 2011, the Manesar workers filed an application
for separate union by the name of MSEU
• As per workers, same day the company started asking for
written assurances in the form of affidavit regarding their
satisfaction with MUKU and do not require new union.
• On June 4, 2011 2000 workers went on a first strike in a
decade demanding recognition of new union, better wages
and better working conditions without giving any notice.
• Management suggested that the workers should give up
strike and participate in the forthcoming elections.
• Sensing unrest, the state government deployed a police
force
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• On June 6, 2011 workers including office bearers for the
proposed union were suspended by the management, and
the application for registration of MSEU was rejected by the
labour office on multiple grounds
• Soon this strike caught interest of national level unions and
on June 8, 2011 a joint action committee was formed by
AITUC, CITU, HMS, UTUC and INTUC to support the strike.
• On June 9, workers from other factories were rallied by the
committee in front of the Manesar plant
• On June 14, the management accepted the demand for a
new union.
• The strike continued for 13 days and ended on June 17,
2011
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Situation in Manesar
Labor was unhappy
*All figures quoted are from MIWA Manesar sources and need to by verified/ validated
Challenges Faced by Industrialists
• HSIIDC
• Lack of basic facilities and amenities
• Inefficient working systems
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