18 sacked Hyundai employees arrested

The 18 sacked workers were demanding that they be reinstated.

The 18 sacked employees of Hyundai Motor India Ltd’s (HMIL) plant here,who tried to stage a protest in front of the factory,demanding that they be reinstated,were arrested today.

CITU backed Hyundai Motor India Employees Union,which is not recognised by the management,insisted that the workers,who have not been taken back under a tripartite agreement signed in December last year,be reinstated.

CITU district secretary Muthukumar said the workers were arrested when they tried to stage an agitation in front of the plant at Sriperumbudur. “We strongly condemn it. We hope they will be released soon. If not,we will decide on the next course of action,” he said.

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A section of the workers had yesterday threatened to go on strike from today if the workers were not reinstated.

HMIL had on Tuesday termed the worker’s decision as ‘unlawful’,saying it was against the tripartite agreement signed in December 2010 under which 14 of the total of 32 employees dismissed last year would be taken back and the others asked to seek ‘legal recourse’.

HMIL has two manufacturing facilities at nearby Sriperumbudur employing more than 4,000 people.It manufactures over seven models and exports to over 100 countries.

It has about 1,500 permanent workers at the manufacturing facilities which has a capacity of producing six lakh vehicles per annum.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the designation gives law enforcement “enhanced powers to combat a group that has instilled fear through violence and intimidation”.

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