BBC News: “At least 80 people have been arrested after violent clashes between workers and managers at a Maruti Suzuki factory near the Indian capital, Delhi.
One person died and more than 85 were injured, including two Japanese nationals, in the riot at the Manesar plant on Wednesday evening.
Maruti, India’s biggest carmaker, has halted production at the factory.
Managers and workers blame each other for starting the clashes, which follow months of troubled labour relations.
The violence at the vast factory in Haryana state is believed to have erupted after an altercation between a factory worker and a supervisor.
Workers reportedly ransacked offices and set fires at the height of the riot. A charred body was found afterwards in a damaged conference room – the identity of the person who died has not yet been established.
Dozens of staff, both management and shop-floor workers, were taken to a nearby hospital.
Security has now been tightened at the plant, which employs more than 2,000 people and produces more than 1,000 of Maruti’s top-selling cars each day, and accounts for about a third of its annual production.
Maruti Suzuki, a joint venture between Maruti and Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation, has a 50% share of India’s booming car market.
It has been hit by a series of strikes since June 2011, when workers went on a 13-day strike demanding the recognition of a new union.”
via BBC News – India arrests after riot at Maruti plant leave one dead.
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