If there is no production, thousands of workers would lose jobs and harm industrialization of the Dharwad region," said Abhishek Desai, President of Tata Motors Marcopolo Workers Association. The Dharwad plant produces around 60 buses for the local market and outbound markets like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a day. In April 2015, the company had faced similar issues which again led to shutting down the unit and the issues was settled affably. In view of not improving the situation, and our apprehension of a congenial peaceful working atmosphere not prevailing, we were forced to declare a lockout from February 6."Īccording to the sources, the trade unions and Tata Motors Marcopolo were called by the Karnataka's Labor commissioner for a meeting to annul the shutdown of the production unit. Considering these, we were compelled to resort to a temporary suspension of operations on February 1. He further stated, "However, with continued disruption, jeopardizing the company's operations and reputation workers resorted to an illegal strike again on January 31. Tata Group Dharwad (district) a month ago Senior Manager-QS Vehicle COP Testing. Some dissatisfied workers had incited fellow workers to disrupt work, causing substantial financial and customer confidence loss but we continued discussions with them in good faith despite substantial loss to the company, we took a lenient view of these actions when the workers resumed work." Due to this, the company decided to lockout the bus plant in Dharwad, which works under the brand of Tata Marcopolo.Īddressing the issue, a spokesperson of Tata Motors emailed stating, "Every year, the company undertakes an upward wage revision and has continued to do so even in adverse market conditions. According to the HR Head this initiative will ensure employee empowerment at the grassroots level, improved employee morale, increased efficiency and a culture change in the overall approach. The workers had gone on a strike as they were dissatisfied with the recent wage revisions and the suspensions of many other workers. Tata Marcopolo Motors (TMML), as a part of its employee engagement initiative launched the self- managed team (SMT) at Dharwad. Tata Motors' bus manufacturing plant in Karnataka declared a lockout following continuous strike at the unit. Tata Marcopolo Motors Limited is a 51:49 joint venture of Tata Motors and Marcopolo of Brazil.
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