Agitation without valid issue, will fizzle out soon, says Bajaj - Indian Express

Geeta Nair : Pune, Sat Jun 29 2013, 09:45 hrs Agitation without valid issue, will fizzle out soon, says Bajaj Agitation without valid issue, will fizzle out soon, says Bajaj Rajiv Bajaj, MD, Bajaj Auto, is confident the agitation that has kept his premium motorcycle manufacturing Chakan plant shut for the last four days will fizzle out. Bajaj believes the union doesn't have a valid, bona fide issue and says the workers' support will dwindle away. "As each day passes they will see that these people (union leaders) are carrying out an illegal activity and slowly I expect more and more people will come to work," Bajaj told FE on Friday. For starters, the company has got an injunction from the industrial court in Pune to ensure the safety of plant and machinery as well as to ensure that from June 29, anyone who wants to work should be allowed to do so. Agitating workers are also not allowed to assemble within a 1-km radius of the Chakan plant. The work stoppage at the plant by the official union, the Vishwa Kalyan Kamgaar Sanghatana, entered the fourth day on Friday. Bajaj says the number of workers reporting to work is rising; 300 workers were in on Friday. Production of the Pulsar motorcycle resumed from day one and is expected to pick up, which means production won't be shifted to another plant yet. Indeed, Bajaj doesn't see the situation continuing for long and, therefore, isn't contemplating a production shift. As a back-up, a trial and testing process has started at the Waluj, Aurangabad plant where around 200 Pulsars have been produced. Bajaj refuted the numbers floated by the union with regard to contract labour, saying there are totally 1,500 workers employed at Chakan including permanent workers and trainees and 508 contract workers employed in non-production areas such as the canteen, house-keeping, garden and horticulture, logistics and transport. "To suggest that contract workers are making the motorcycles is completely ridiculous," Bajaj said. While ruling out giving shares to workers, Bajaj said the issue of renegotiating wages raised by the workers union, was blatantly false and untrue. However, he was open to dialogue, he said, adding that union leader Dilip Pawar had been in touch till three days before the strike when the demand for shares was made. ... contd. ALSO READ Talks fail: Strike at Bajaj Auto Chakan plant continues ONGC, OIL to gain from gas price hike, GAIL to take a hit Car dependability: JD Power says problems spike 24% in 2013 Who all will the natural gas price hike hit? Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Business - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEpjF7HR3CjOa6FdvSgD9FZ46o4_g&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/agitation-without-valid-issue-will-fizzle-out-soon-says-bajaj/1135259/

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