Workers have ended their hunger strike and returned to work, in the latest episode of an eleven-month long dispute at a Toyota plant in Karnataka, South India. The Toyota Kirloskar Employees Union is fighting for a wage increase and improvements to working conditions at the plant. In March 2014 Toyota locked the workers out after small-scale work stoppages and suspended 30 employees. Workers refused to sign a good behaviour bond and return to work, and instead began a hunger strike on 2 April, demanding government intervention. The workers returned to work in late April to continue negotiations, after a court ruled that the lock-out and good behaviour bond were unlawful. Toyota has factories around the world. A victory for workers in one production site is a victory for all.
Workers have ended their hunger strike and returned to work, in the latest episode of an eleven-month long dispute at a Toyota plant in Karnataka, South India. The Toyota Kirloskar Employees Union is fighting for a wage increase and improvements to working conditions at the plant. In March 2014 Toyota locked the workers out after small-scale work stoppages and suspended 30 employees. Workers refused to sign a good behaviour bond and return to work, and instead began a hunger strike on 2 April, demanding government intervention. The workers returned to work in late April to continue negotiations, after a court ruled that the lock-out and good behaviour bond were unlawful. Toyota has factories around the world. A victory for workers in one production site is a victory for all.
