Hyundai Stir continues, workers arrested

The stir at Hyundai's Sriperumbudur factory is continuing and both the sides are firm on their stand. Police arrested around 300 factory workers who had gone on a sudden indefinite hunger strike at the Commission of Labour office here protesting absence of management representatives in a conciliatory meeting. Police informed that the workers were protesting here without the prior permission of Labour office. A Sounderrajan, CITU Tamil Nadu president, and many other prominent workers were among the arrested. CPI (M) state secretary N Varadarajan, in a statement, requested the state government to interfere in the matter and find a solution to the issue. Members of the Hyundai Motor India Employees Union, which has been spearheading an indefinite strike at the company's manufacturing unit at Sriperumnbudur since April 20 demanding recognition and a solution to other labour related issues, commenced the fast following the officials' absence on May 4.