After Bajaj Auto chief Rajiv Bajaj gave a week’s ultimatum to union to call off their strike, workers at its Chakan plant have called off their nearly one-and-half- month long strike ‘unconditionally’ and work will resume from Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the management will consider the reinstatement of 22 suspended workmen ‘objectively and sympathetically’, Bajaj Auto Managing Director Rajiv Bajaj said in a statement. “I am very pleased that the VKKS (Vishwa Kalyan Kamgar Sanghatana) union has unconditionally called off their strike at Chakan,” Bajaj said.
The workers at the Chakan plant had gone on strike from June 25. The management had claimed that they “stopped coming” to work thereby affecting production following refusal to allot them shares at discounted price. On the other hand, the workers have asked for higher wages and reinstatement of sacked colleagues.