With the Gurgaon industrial belt near New Delhi expanding into near-by areas, hundreds of thousands of more workers are being employed in these industrial zones. While many of these workers don’t have a history of unionisation, they have nevertheless quickly understood the value of collective strength. The struggles at Maruti Suzuki and at Aisin have shown the extent that companies will go to, to brutally suppress any independent union organising. The Ahresty workers are the latest group of workers to face this repression with both company-paid thugs and police attacking them for daring to organise a union and demanding better conditions.
With the Gurgaon industrial belt near New Delhi expanding into near-by areas, hundreds of thousands of more workers are being employed in these industrial zones. While many of these workers don’t have a history of unionisation, they have nevertheless quickly understood the value of collective strength. The struggles at Maruti Suzuki and at Aisin have shown the extent that companies will go to, to brutally suppress any independent union organising. The Ahresty workers are the latest group of workers to face this repression with both company-paid thugs and police attacking them for daring to organise a union and demanding better conditions.
