Lockout in Manesar plant an option for now: Maruti

Worried over the large scale violence on Wednesday that claimed the life of a senior official, Maruti Suzuki India may be considering a lockout as one of the options for now. However, the company......

A black day for the Western Railway family

Tucked away above Platform 4 at the noisy Grant Road railway station in south Mumbai is the office of the Western Railway Employees Union. These couple of rooms -- housing a clutch of desks that......

The secret to democracy

In late June the United States declared that talks with the European Union over trading rules for Genetically Modifiedfoods had broken down, and America would seek a formal World Trade Organisation......

GM, Ford switch off India ops but unable to exit

Both are finding it difficult to sell one each of their plants -- Chennai Maraimalai Nagar (Ford) and Talegaon near Pune (GM) -- and are finding the road blocked by employee severance snarl-ups,......

General Motors Employees Union challenges layoff of 1,419 at Talegaon

GM cites global pandemic as reason for the step. Firm had stopped selling cars in India in 2017 and stopped production completely on December 24, 2020. The General Motors Employees Union (GMEU)......

Maharashtra's ultimatum to GM's union, management

The workers’ union at the Talegaon factory and the GM’s management have been locked in a bitter legal feud since the carmaker announced its decision to shutter the plant in December......

Govt to infuse Rs 55,250 cr for strengthening banks

The finance minister also said that the merger would not result in any retrenchment but rather improve the benefit of the employees. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The government on......