As the strike continued, the shares of Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) fell 0.39 per cent and closed the day's trade at Rs1,222.80 apiece on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Maruti Suzuki India today said the production loss touched 10,200 units even as hectic talks between management, workers and the state government continued to find an amicable solution to end the 11-day long strike at Manesar plant.
"The situation is same as yesterday. The strike is going on and production at the plant is stopped... We have lost production of 10,200 units so far," a company spokesperson told PTI.
As per industry estimates, the value of this loss is around Rs510 crore.
During the day, the labour department officials of the state government held several rounds of discussions with the management in Gurgaon regarding the issues of the workers.
In the evening, workers were also brought in from Manesar to take part in the negotiations, which were continuing at the time of filing this report.
As the strike continued, the shares of Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) fell 0.39 per cent and closed the day's trade at Rs1,222.80 apiece on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Earlier in the day, workers in up to 65 plants in the Gurgaon-Manesar industrial belt postponed the two-hour stir at their respective factories to support the striking colleagues at Maruti's plant by a day following an appeal by Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), along with other unions such as the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), are supporting the ongoing 11-day strike at MSI's Manesar plant.
"The two-hour strike has been called-off for today on the appeal of the chief minister and the labour commissioner. They sought a day's time to resolve the issue. Consequently, the trike has been postponed for 24 hours," AITUC secretary DL Sachdev said.
Workers at some factories had started the protest in the morning, but withdrew it within half-an-hour following the request from the chief minister, he added.
"The labour department informed us that it has called the Maruti management and workers to end the strike. We will wait for the outcome to decide our future course of action," Sachdev said.
CITU Haryana state president Satvir Singh said if nothing positive happens in the meeting between the state government officials, company management and workers, then "we will intensify our agitation".
On June 4, workers went on a strike demanding recognition of a new union, Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU), formed by those working at the Manesar plant, among other things.
While a company spokesperson said only about 600 people are on strike, MSEU general secretary Shiv Kumar claimed atleast 2,000 workers are on the sit-in stir at the plant.
Currently the company has one recognised union -- Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union -- which is dominated by workers at the Gurgaon plant.
Cracking the whip, the company fired 11 workers last week for allegedly inciting others to go on strike.
On Sunday, however, the company said it was willing to recognise the new union -- the main demand of the workers. The workers also said they are willing to end the stir provided 11 of their sacked colleagues are reinstated.
Yesterday, a tripartite meeting between the government, MSI management and striking workers failed to reach any agreement as the company refused to accept any new union at the plant.
"It is very unfortunate that the company is retracting its own statement. Just a day after it had said that it was willing to consider separate local unions at each plant, the management simply refused to accept any new union and asked us to be a part of the existing union," MSEU's Kumar said.
MSI managing executive officer (administration) SY Siddiqui had yesterday ruled out compromising on having a non-affiliated union at the Manesar plant.
Earlier, CPI leader and Member of Parliament Gurudas Dasgupta had written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene and find an amicable solution to the impasse. Dasgupta had met Hooda thrice to end the strike.
The Manesar plant rolls out about 1,200 units every day in two shifts. The factory produces hatchbacks Swift and A-Star and sedans DZiRE and SX4.
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