While half of the 13 suspended workers will be reinstated, the other 13 will be paid 75% salaries while they remain suspended till the enquiries are done, the company said.
After exactly one month, the striking workers of Tata Nano plant at Sanand in Gujarat called off their strike on Tuesday and decided to resume duty from Wednesday.
The decision was taken after a marathon meeting between the workers' representatives, the top management of Tata Motors and the Labour Department officials held on Tuesday.
Tata Motors stated that it will revoke the suspension of 13 out of 26 workers and will take a decision about the rest following completion of enquiries being conducted by the company.
The decision regarding two other suspended workers will be taken after they respond to the company's second show cause notice, it stated.
"Workmen will call off the strike and resume duty from March 23 and restore normalcy and operate as per productivity, quality, discipline and safety requirements of the plant," the company stated.
"Tata Motors, without setting a precedence, will revoke the suspension of 13 of the workmen while continuing their enquiry. Suspension pending enquiry of rest of 13 workmen will continue till the decision is taken on completion of enquiries," it further said.
The company said the enquiries initiated regarding all 26 workers will be completed within the "reasonable time line" of four-six months, following which the workers' union will submit "a reasonable charter of demand".
Workers' representatives said the strike has been settled with the management of the company after an eight-hour meeting."The company has agreed to recognise the union and begin negotiations on wages and charter of demands that will be given to them by the workers in the next four-six months. At the same time, the company will pay 75% of wages of the 13 workers who will remain suspended until the enquiry is completed.
The company has also agreed that no action will be taken on strike," said Ashwin Roy, an adviser to the workers and vice president of New Trade Union Initiative which supported the strike.
He said that decision on the legality of suspension and wages for the period of the strike will be taken by the court. Tata Motors had moved Ahmedabad Sessions Court for an injunction on the strike after the state Labour Department declared the strike illegal.
As many as 422 workers had gone on strike from February 22 mainly to protest the suspension of their colleagues.
The matter escalated when the company earlier suspended two workers for indiscipline and another 24 after workers allegedly damaged new vehicles inside the plant.
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