General Motors Employees Union calls for chain hunger strike from Oct 2

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The employee union of General Motors India has called for a chain hunger strike from Monday, demanding transfer of all its workers to Hyundai Motor, which plans to acquire its manufacturing facility in Talegaon..

General Motors Employees Union in a statement on Sunday also accused the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena-BJP government of not taking the unemployment issue of "thousands" of workers of the auto firm seriously...

General Motors is selling its Talegaon plant in Pune to Hyundai Motor, while 1,000 permanent workers of General Motors are not being employed by the new company (Hyundai), the union said in a statement...

The (state) government is repeatedly requesting a meeting to get justice, but it is not taking the labour issue seriously," the union said.. "Therefore, as many as 1,000 workers of General Motors Employees Union will go on chain hunger strike from October 2, 2023, under the guidance of Maharashtra State Labour Action Committee and Shramik Ekta Federation demanding that jobs of all General Motors workers should be transferred to the new entrant, Hyundai Motor," it added...

The Korean auto maker last month announced signing an asset purchase agreement to acquire and assign identified assets related to General Motors India's Talegaon plant...

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