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

GM cites global pandemic as reason for step. Firm had stopped selling cars in India in 2017 and stopped production completely on December 24, 2020

The General Motors Employees Union (GMEU) has challenged the layoff announced by the company alleging it is illegal. The move comes three days after the Detroit-based automaker invoked Section 25 of the Industrial Disputes Act and retrenched all the 1,419 workers employed by the Talegaon factory. It cited the global pandemic as the reason behind the step. The company stopped selling cars in the domestic market in 2017 and stopped the production completely on  December 24, 2020.  

“Due to the rapid upsurge of the Covid-19, pandemic, we have been forced to lay off the workmen,” GM said in a notice