The HMSI Employees Union has demanded basic pay increments of Rs 15,000 for permanent workers, Rs 10,000 for contract workers and Rs 4,000 for apprentices.
In a 35-point charter to the management, the union has demanded a host of other goodies, such as allowance increments of Rs 3,000 for attire, Rs 4,000 for medical expenses, Rs 3,000 for milk, Rs 3,000 for conveyance and Rs 2,200 for education, gifts valued up to Rs 5,000 on the introduction of new products and distribution of gold coins on the completion of 12, 15, 20 and 25 years of production work.
The workers have asked for a temple within the factory premises and a donation of Rs 200,000 for a jagran organised annually.
According to estimates, the increments and benefits being demanded would more than double the current wages.
The demands come at a time when six-odd instances of industrial dispute have disrupted production work at auto manufacturing and component facilities in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt over a year.
Foremost among them have been the ones at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar unit, where four instances of labour strife have led to a production loss of over 110,000 units and revenue loss to the tune of Rs 3,600 crore (Rs 36 billion)
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