This week, 300 workers held a sit in protest at the Hyundai Motor factory, located in Tamil Nadu, against the company’s refusal to allow entry to two labour activists. Workers’ anger at the anti-union stance of management dates back to the factory’s launch in 2008. Other major actions and disputes occurred in 2010, and again in 2012. Each time, the issues were working conditions and recognition of the workers’ right to form an independent union. Similar issues have now seen 13 workers at Maruti Suzuki being jailed for life in northern India.
This week, 300 workers held a sit in protest at the Hyundai Motor factory, located in Tamil Nadu, against the company’s refusal to allow entry to two labour activists. Workers’ anger at the anti-union stance of management dates back to the factory’s launch in 2008. Other major actions and disputes occurred in 2010, and again in 2012. Each time, the issues were working conditions and recognition of the workers’ right to form an independent union. Similar issues have now seen 13 workers at Maruti Suzuki being jailed for life in northern India.
