Why are Maruti workers disgruntled?

Thu, 26 July 2012

18:10

The mass violence at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant in Haryana July 18, 2012 was shocking. What started as a petty tiff over tea time between a supervisor and a worker Jiya Lal, during which supervisor also allegedly used caste based slur, snowballed into one of the goriest incidents of recent times.

When Jiya Lal was suspended and the management refused to revoke his suspension the same day the workers staged a sit-in after the shift was over. During the sit-in, iron rods which actually fit into the car door, were distributed to workers secretly.

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