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Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Protest stir: Members of the Rico Auto Employees Union along with workers from other component companies staging a dharna outside the factory in Gurgaon (Haryana) on Tuesday in protest against the death of one of their colleagues. —

Our Bureau

New Delhi, Oct. 20 The industrial environment in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt was severely impacted on Tuesday with about one lakh workers in 70 factories going on strike in solidarity with the Rico Auto workers to protest the death of a Rico worker following a group clash on Sunday.

The one-day strike was called by the Trade Union Council, an umbrella group led by the AITUC, demanding that an FIR be lodged against Rico officials. According to sources, the company had offered Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the kin of the worker who had died. This, however, was rejected by the workers who demanded a compensation of Rs 50 lakh.

The strike saw eruption of violence early in the day when a senior Rico official was injured. However, the police said that the law and order situation was now under control. Police deployment continues to remain in the area.

While the strike would continue in Rico Auto, work at other plants is expected to be back to normal from Wednesday.

“The recurring labour issues in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt are severely impacting the industrial environment in the State, and hence it is indeed a concern for all industry. The ongoing workers’ problem at some of the auto component suppliers’ plants have impacted our operations. Production in the morning shift at our Gurgaon plant was impacted today due to short supply of components. However, there has been no impact at the Dharuhera plant as it was a planned holiday today as part of the Diwali festivities. We hope the industrial environment in the region will return to normalcy soon,” said Hero Honda in a statement.

An HMSI spokesperson said that no production took place on Tuesday and the company has been seeing a 50 per cent loss in production in the last one month.

“HMSI’s long-term negotiations are going on; however, there is concern about indiscipline and violence in the factory. Tools-down and a slow-down has been happening for quite some time now. As a business organisation, we want an early resolution as future progress and future investments are not possible without that.”

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