M&M Union members call off hunger strike

Anand Mahindra to hold talks with Union today in Mumbai

The office-bearers of M&M Employees' Union at Nashik plant today called off their eight-day long hunger strike after M&M chairman Anand Mahindra assured the Union to personally hold talks on their demands today in Mumbai.

“We have called off our hunger strike after the company chairman Anand Mahindra assured us to personally hold talks with the Union delegation on their demands on Wednesday,” Pravin Shinde, General Secretary, M&M Employees’ Union told Business Standard.

The Union has demanded inclusion of Grade N-1 workers into Grade O-2 and ‘equal pay to equal work.’

“Nashik plant of M&M has around 3,000 permanent workers; including 1,800 workers under Grade O-2 and rest of the 1,200 workers under Grade N-1. These 1,200 (Grade N-1) workers, which are doing the same quality works like Grade O-2 workers, are not getting at least average salary. At this juncture, it is really not possible to run a family and manage expenses for education of their children in today’s age of inflation,” Pravin Shinde asserted.

M&M’s Nashik facility, which is located at Satpur area of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), manufactures around 550 vehicles daily, including 300 units of Xylo and Scorpio, 200 units of Bolero and 50 Logan cars.