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Maruti mgmt, union to talk again on Oct 10

The labour union at Maruti Udyog Limited has decided to meet the management for another round of talks on October 10, even as the six-hour tools-down strike will be intensified affecting daily output by nearly 60 per cent.

''The union will be meeting the management again on Tuesday to chalk out the new incentive scheme. We are willing to negotiate with the management to resolve the crisis,'' Maruti Udyog Employees' Union general secretary Mathew Abraham said in New Delhi on Friday.

However, the union has decided to intensify its agitation by going on a two-hour each shift strike an all the major production-related areas, like press shop, weld shop, paint shop, engine assembly line, etc.

Mathew claimed that this fresh offensive will affect production by nearly 60 per cent as the company will be able to produce only 500 today cars as against the normal production level of over 1,400 cars a day.

Abraham and some other workers have been on a hunger strike for the last four days.

Wage negotiations between Maruti management and union had ended in a stalemate on Thursday. MUL managing director Jagdish Khattar had said that no decision had been taken on the revised incentive scheme at the meeting. ''We will have another round of negotiations in a couple of days and hope to finalise something then.''

He further stated that the union's proposed incentive scheme was not acceptable to the company as it would put an additional burden of Rs 600-700 million on the company. ''We are trying to work out a compromise package.''

MUL employees are demanding improved incentive-based production and revised pension schemes.

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