Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), the country's largest exporter of passenger cars and second largest manufacturer of the same, has revealed that production operations are going on as per schedule at its Sriperumbudur facility near Chennai. The announcement came on November 3, 2012 in Chennai and the company affirmed that there has been a notable decrease in number of workers who had been absconding from work, since a group of workers went to strike and rebellion.
As per a statement from HMIL, the number of employees abstaining from job has dipped considerably to 110 from 150 on November 3, 2012. Evidently, a section of workers embarked on a strike at HMIL's two plants operating at its Sriperumbudur facility on October 30, 2012 and the 'illegal disruption' has been in news, since then.
The statement also affirmed that on November 3, 2012, HMIL's Chennai based plant will produce an astounding yield of 2,340 units, as against 2,176 units assembled on November 1 and November 2, respectively.
Further, HMIL declared that it has already acknowledged United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE) as the official union force at its Sriperumbudur unit. Shedding light on UUHE, the statement said, “(UUHE) who have a majority membership of over 1,300 permanent workers amongst a total strength of 2,007 permanent workers.”
Reportedly, the South Korean auto maker had signed a new wage agreement with UUHE on October 18, 2012, with a clause of not acknowledging any other union. Regarding the employees who had decided not to join UUHE, the HMIL statement added, “Further 400 employees who are not members of UUHE have signed and accepted the wage settlement.”
