Retrenched workers of Hindustan Motors await Stalin’s decision on their future, Auto News, ET Auto

The retrenched staff of Hindustan Motors/Hindustan Motor Finance Company Ltd and their loved ones customers are ready for a selection on their potential from the DMK government headed by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.

It has been more than a week considering that they wound up their indefinite sit-in protest at the Tiruvallur District Collectorate demanding back again their land or a position in PCA Vehicles India Non-public Ltd.

Motor vehicle maker PCA Vehicles found in Tiruvallur is a joint venture amongst worldwide automotive producer Stellantis Group and India’s C.K. Birla group.

Hindustan Motors Ltd/Hindustan Motor Finance belonged to the C.K. Birla group.

“We had stopped our protest on the assurance specified by the Collector that our issue would be sorted out this week. But no development has been designed,” E. Srinivasan, Secretary of the Hindustan Motors Land Offering Farmers Progressive Affiliation, advised IANS.

He also said the CPI leaders have confident them that they will get up the issue with the Chief Minister for a alternative.

On Oct 1, the retrenched staff and their loved ones customers began their indefinite sit-in strike.

The protest was flagged off by CPI MP K. Subbarayan and was wound up late that night time.

In accordance to a worker, the point out government did not want a protest on the day of Gandhi Jayanti –Oct 2.

The staff were being previously utilized by Hindustan Motors Ltd/Hindustan Motor Finance Company at its Tiruvallur motor vehicle plant rolling out Japanese Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s products like Lancer, Pajero and also underneath deal producing deal for Isuzu Motors MU seven design.

Later on about one hundred seventy five long lasting staff and more than 150 deal staff were being retrenched by Hindustan Motor Finance Company and the plant was transferred to PCA Vehicles.

“We were being retrenched in spite of an arrangement signed amongst the two joint venture partners that the staff will be absorbed by PCA Vehicles,” H. Ismail, 1 of the retrenched staff whose grandfather’s land was acquired by Hindustan Motors in 1968 had advised IANS.

“Based on this Worker Transfer Agreement, Hindustan Motor Finance Company got authorization from the Tamil Nadu government to transfer the plant and other property to PCA Vehicles. Submit transfer of property, the staff — long lasting and on deal — were being sent out,” Srinivasan said.

In accordance to Srinivasan, Hindustan Motors acquired about 356 acres of agricultural land in 1968 at Tiruvallur for its earthmoving tools division.

Initially Hindustan Motors purchased the land immediately from the homeowners. But it was not able to get the extent it wished and sought the District Collector’s help. Later on the company deposited the land cost with the government treasury and the government transferred the land to the company, Srinivasan said.

At that point of time, the District Collector had confident that the land homeowners will be utilized by the company at its earthmoving tools plant.

Nonetheless, the landowners were being not specified work as promised previously and following protest, Hindustan Motors utilized 82 individuals — mostly the grandsons of the landowners — in the eighties.

“After a 10 years of protests an additional batch of 82 staff were being employed as trainees in 1997,” Srinivasan said.

Srinivasan and Ismail said Hindustan Motors confirmed the trainee staff only following ten many years.

Hindustan Motors hived off a sizable portion of the land for its motor vehicle plant to roll out Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s products like Lancer, Pajero.

And some staff of the Hindustan Motors’ earthmoving tools division were being transferred to the motor vehicle plant.

Some many years later on, the Indian company transferred the plant to Hindustan Finance Company and then to PCA Vehicles while sending out long lasting and deal staff.

Hindustan Motors offered its earthmoving tools division (that designed dumpers, loaders and other people) to Caterpillar, US.

Barring the 22 staff whose grandfathers had specified their land to the factory and some other people, the vast majority of the long lasting staff had agreed to get lump sum compensation from Hindustan Motor Finance Company.

“The company had deposited the lump sum in our bank accounts without our consent. We wrote to the company, Tamil Nadu government and also to PCA Vehicles stressing our desire for jobs and the quantity deposited would be dealt with as our every month wages,” Srinivasan had said.

In accordance to Srinivasan, the PCA Vehicles plant has about 190 acres of land of which about 150 acres are vacant.

“We want our land back again so that we can do farming and control our people,” Srinivasan said.

“Our land is there. The old operator — C.K. Birla group and new operator Stellantis Group — are also there. The motor vehicle plant is also rolling out Citroen manufacturer autos. Only we are not there. This is not just,” Ismail and Srinivasan had said.