Workers of Bajaj Auto Ltd. will go on a hunger strike on January 7 and 8 in front of the company's Akurdi plant in Pune to protest against the “anti-workers activities” of the company's management.
In a letter addressed to Bajaj Auto Managing Director Rajiv Bajaj, Vishwa Kalyan Kamgar Sanghatana said the management deliberately transferred active members of the union and has handed false chargesheets and showcause letters to the workers.
"Bajaj management adopted a strategy of terrorising and harassing workers. To condemn such anti-union act of management, we have decided to go on hunger strike," the letter issued on Wednesday said.
When contacted, Bajaj Auto Ltd. declined to comment on the matter.
Union president Dilip Pawar said: "The management is harassing our active members. They are issuing showcause notices and even transferring workers. Besides, the issue of eight dismissed workers is yet to be settled."
The workers are also dissatisfied with the wage review process, which was expected to come into effect from April 1, 2016 but is yet to be finalised, Pawar said. The union has around 1,000 members at the Chakan and Akurdi plants in Pune of the two-wheeler major.
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