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CHAPTER 4
LABOUR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DATA ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION
Table 4.2 Growing competition in the age of globalization has necessitated the practice of being
''better, faster and cheaper'' in all the operations of a being enterprise and the objective of
maximization of profit is achieved at the cost of employee wellfare
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Table 4.3 Maximizing shareholder value at cost of employee welfare has led to the practice of
replacement of regular employees by cheap and replaceable contractual employees.
Table 4.4:- Low levels of regular employees (enjoying the benefits of job secuirty, stability,
medical benefits, provident fund allowance and other fringe benefits) and high levels of
contractual employees (not getting any of the benefits being enjoyed by regular employees) is
leading to the problem of indusrial unrest in indian automobile sector
Table 4.5 Repetitive removal and reappointment of contractual employees every few months to stop contractual employees
getting entitled to medical benefits and provident fund allowance is a sign of management's apathy and insensitivity to the
genuine needs of contractual employees.
Table 4.6 Huge gap between the wages of regular and contractual employees is leading to resentment, dissatisfaction and labour
unrest in indian automobile sector.
Response Cumulative
Frequency Percent Percent
Table 4.7:Ever-Increasing production targets, harsher work-speed requirements and decreasing rest periods are leading to the
labour being treated as industrial robots in Indian Automobile sector
Table 4.8 Frequently changing shifts and overtime requirements put heavy stress and strain on already overworked
employees of Indian Automobile Sector, affecting motivation & satisfaction levels
Table 4.9:-Supervisors' behaviour towards shop floor workers is not always respectful and friendly, often causing aviodable
clashes
Table 4.9 (A) Inferential Statistics
Table 4.10:- Outsourcing of labour to cheap but exploitative labour contracrtors (who prey on poor and needy
labour ) is a win-lose equation for automobile companies and industry' s labour contributing to Industrial unrest
Table 4.11:-Outsourcing of labour to cheap but exploitative labour contracrtors (who prey on poor and needy labour) is a win-
lose equation for automobile companies and industry' s labour contributing to Industrial unrest
Table 4.12:-Non-Recognition and Non-Registration of Independent (from mangement's control) Trade Unions often to Industrial
strikes and lockouts in the Indian Automobile Industry
Table4.13:-Management's divide and rule policy to divide regular and contractual employees by promoting labour unions
conforming to management's diktats and suppressing independent labour unions promoting genuine employee welfare has made a
mockery of the principle of collective bargaining in the Automobile sector
Table4.14:Mangement's persecution (often with the help of the state of representatives of stiking cpntractual employees
demanding fair wages and equal rights is leading to growing incidence of industrial unrest and violence in the Indian Automobile
Industry
Table 4.15:-Managements's refusal in allowing fair hikes and integration of contractual employees as permanent staff is the
biggest roadblock to peaceful and conducive work environment in the Indian Automobile Sector.
Table 4.16:Growing literacy, better awareness and higher aspirations among the contractual employees is leading to a more
assertive labour force fighting for its rights, claming a genuine share in the profitability pie of the company
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Percent
Table 4.17:-Management's inability/unwillingness to understand changed labour market realities and use of subversive
divide and rule tactics (in contrast to a negotiated settlement with the labour) is responsible for growing Industrial unrest
in Indian Automobilesector
Response Cumulative
Frequency Percent Percent
Table 4.18:Violence initiated by security forces (often paid by mangement) to get rid of striking organized workers in an ugly
reality in Indian Automoblie sector which must be firmly dealt by the state
Respone Cumulative
Frequency Percent Percent
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Tests of Between-Subjects Effects
4.19:State's collusion with influential Automobile companies (in arresting and torturing peaceful striking workers and thus
ending strikes and lockouts) often leads to the spread of industrial unrest from one company to others (like wildfire) and must be
prevented
Table 4.20:Growing labour unrest in Indian Automobile Sector is servely impacting the profitablity and business prospects of the
industry eroding shareholder value and needs to be nipped in the bud the larger interest of the industry & the workforce
Response Cumulative
Frequency Percent Percent
Table4.21:Fierce cut-throat competition and resultant declining profitablity necessitates peaceful and conducive work
environment in the Indian Automobile Sector for which both the management and Trade Unions are equally reponsible.
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Response Cumulative
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Table 4.23:Unless steps taken by Management and the State to understand and redress genuine employee redentment and
dissatisfaction the Indian Automobile Sector shall continue to be torn by industrial unrest and violence
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