Labour unrest brews at Hero MotoCorp’s production facility

27 Nov 2014 Evaluate

Labour unrest is brewing at Hero MotoCorp’s production facility at Haridwar, Uttarakhand. But the state labour department is trying to resolve the issue by holding talks with these workers and the management. Notably, Labor incident at Hero’s Haridwar unit is the latest in the series of labour strikes witnessed by the automobile industry.

Back in August 2013, workers at the Haridwar plant had stopped working to demand the reinstatement of a permanent employee who had been suspended by the company. While, the management resolved the issue, it suspended 38 workers for taking part in the strike. Later, 11 of the suspended employees were taken back, but 27 workers remain suspended, which is the root cause of the current strike.

The Haridwar unit is Hero MotoCorp’s largest facility and it produces best-selling bikes such as the Splendor and Passion. The company employs about 5,000 workers at Haridwar, 600 of whom are on the company’s payrolls.

Hero MotoCorp is the World’s single largest two-wheeler motorcycle company. Honda Motor Company of Japan and the Hero Group entered a joint venture to setup Hero Honda Motors in 1984. Hero Honda Motors changed its name to Hero MotoCorp following the exit of its erstwhile Japanese promoter, Honda, from the company.

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