Militant trade-unionists at the Chakan plant of Indian motorcycle manufacturer Bajaj Auto have called off an industrial action which began on 25 June. Some 940 of the factory’s 1500 employees returned to work on Monday 12 August and full production was scheduled to resume by 14 August.
Bajaj has reportedly lost output of more than 100,000 units during the dispute. Chakan, located east of Mumbai in Maharashtra State, also makes the 125cc-390cc Duke range for KTM besides Bajaj-branded machines, so supplies of these bikes to UK and European KTM dealers may have been affected.
The strike ended following an ultimatum by company supremo Rajiv Bajaj a week previously, threatening to close the plant and transfer its operations elsewhere.