Labor Unrest at Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Private) Limited
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Case Details:
Case Code : HROB104
Case Length : 15 Pages
Period : 2004-2005
Pub Date : 2008
Teaching Note : Available
Organization : Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Private) Ltd.
Industry : Automobile
Countries : India
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Excerpts
Background Note
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HMCL
Soichiro Honda, a mechanical engineer, established the 'Honda Technical Research
Institute' in Hamamatsu, Japan, in 1946. His idea was to develop and later
produce small two-cycle motorbike engines.
Honda's first product, an A-type 50cc bicycle engine, was produced in 1947. In
1948, HMCL was incorporated with a capital of ¥ 1 million. Thereafter, the
company started to design and produce lightweight motorcycles. Honda's first
motorcycle, the D-type two-stroke 98cc, was produced in 1949...
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HMSI
HMSI was established on August 20, 1999, and a plant was set up at Manesar to
manufacture two-wheelers for the Indian market. HMCL made an initial investment
of Rs. 3 billion to establish the plant which had an annual production capacity
of 200,000...
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Labor Unrest at HMSI
The Gurgaon plant of HMSI had peaceful labor
relations for the first few years after it was set up in October 1999.
The management entered into labor contracts with individual laborers,
which covered the basic wage structure and detailed parameters
specifying the work conditions for workers. In December 2004, the
workers at HMSI's Gurgaon plant started demanding that the management
increase their wages commensurate with the company's growth in the
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The Blame Game
The management and the workers traded allegations and counter
allegations on what the root cause of the dispute was. They blamed each other
for the situation that ultimately took an ugly turn on July 25, 2005. The
management held the workers responsible for indiscipline and for slowing down
production, while the workers insisted that there had been no indiscipline on
their part and that the management was bringing up this issue only to prevent
the formation of a trade union at HMSI...
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