Production resumed on Tuesday (2 November) at General Motors India’s Halol plant after a four day strike by workers demanding higher wages ended.
The company told the Economic Times of India it did not agree to the pay rise demand and made a production restart a precondition for any further negotiation.
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“The strike ended and the production started from the morning shift today. There is no new agreement, but we do not mind discussing the issue provided the work goes on,” General Motors India vice-president P Balendran said.
He said the workers do not have a registered union at the plant and the strike was illegal.
“Besides, the state labour officials, who were engaged in the discussions in these days, showed workers that our salary structure is above the industry average,” Balendran claimed.
Production at the plant, which produces 150 vehicles a day, came to a halt when about 900 workers went on strike from 29 October demanding a wage hike.
Balendran said the total production loss was 450 units.
The Halol facility has an installed capacity to produce 85,000 units every year on three shifts. However, the company operates only two shifts at present.
The company manufactures its Aveo, Optra, Cruze and Tavera models at Halol. Its Talegaon plant, in Maharashtra, with installed capacity of 140,000 units per year produces the Spark and Beat.
