Labour trouble almost halts production at Hero’s Haridwar plant

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ROUDRA BHATTACHARYA : NEW DELHI, AUG 30 2013, 23:36 IST

Labour trouble surfaced at Hero MotoCorp’s Haridwar plant on Thursday night, disrupting production, multiple sources told FE.

The dispute arose over an alleged suspension notice to a permanent worker though workers say the larger issue is recognition of a union at Haridwar. With nearly all of the around 3,000 workers (450 permanent, the rest temporary and apprentices) taking part in the protest, the plant on Friday produced about 500 units, compared with its over 9,000 units daily capacity. An email query sent to the company remained unanswered till the time of going to press.

The Haridwar unit is Hero MotoCorp’s newest and largest facility, making mass models like the Splendor and Passion in three shifts. The Gurgaon and Dharuhera plants, in comparison, produce about 6,000 units a day, but have over 1,000 permanent workers. The tension between the management and workers has surfaced just four months after a deal with protesting workers at the Gurgaon plant.

“Both permanent and temporary workers are currently holding a sit-in protest at the facility and have stopped all production from 10 pm on Thursday. The current issue is over the management asking a worker to leave on flimsy grounds, but workers have been having problems with the company over attempts to register a new union since the start of this year,” a source close to the development said.

A worker at the plant added, “We will not start production till the suspended worker is taken back. Most of us are on strike, only a few apprentices

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