“Tata Marcopolo is committed to strengthening this association by fostering relationships based on trust, collaboration, discipline, and mutual respect. The company issued a release saying that it is working on an agreement. Their other demands include extending health benefits to family members of workers, to extend transport facilities to 60 km around the factory, improving the quality of food and hygiene in the canteen and to stop what they said harassment of workers. The company has reduced the wages of some workers for failing to turn up for work during the epidemic,” they said. Instead, the company has gone in appeal against the orders. The company has not reinstated them despite the orders of the Labour Court. What is more, the company has dismissed seven workers for the reason that they were involved in union activities. It has failed to agree to a wage revision even in the meeting held by the Labour Minister. The management has not changed its mind despite the 79 rounds of meetings with workers. “The management has not revised our wages, despite several pleas. It has become very difficult for the ordinary workers to lead a decent life as the cost of most essential commodities has gone up several times in the last few years. However, the wages of all white collar workers have been revised regularly. These workers are working in the bus building plant for over 14 years but their average wages range between ₹18,000 and ₹23,000. They said that the company has not revised wages of over 1,200 workers for over two years now. Workers walked to the Deputy Commissioner’s office holding flags and banners in their hands and shouted slogans. Members of the Tata Marcopolo Krantikari Karmik Union took out a protest rally in Dharwad on Sunday, demanding wage revision, among others.
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