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SLOWDOWN-HIT TATA MOTORS DISENGAGES MOST TEMPORARY WORKERS

Article from: The Hindustan Times Article date: November 04, 2008

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Ranchi, Nov. 04 -- (IANS) Hit by a slowdown, automobile giant Tata Motors has asked most of its temporary workers not to report for work, even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had appealed to India Inc Monday to refrain from knee-jerk actions like large-scale lay-offs.According to Chandrabhan Prasad, secretary of the Telco workers' Union, some 700 workers, who were not on permanent rolls of the company, were asked to disengage from work Monday."Now, all the 3,000 temporary employees have been asked not to report to work. ...

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Protests Threaten World's Cheapest Car

Posted Aug 26, 08 3:51 PM CDT in Business 

Protests Threaten World's Cheapest Car
Source: AP Photo/Saurabh Das

(Newser) – The promised October launch of a $2,500 car by India’s Tata Motors is in jeopardy after massive protests at its West Bengal factory, Der Spiegel reports. Led by the state's opposition leader, 30,000 demonstrators promised a "fight to the finish" for land they say the government acquired illegally. Tata insists its Nano will be delivered on time even if the factory must move.

The protests are just the latest setback to Tata's "People's Car," whose production is continuing despite rising prices for steel and raw materials. Tata has already spent $350 million on the factory and faced delays from monsoon floods. But the company is set on meeting its October deadline, in time for the Diwali festival and India’s busiest car-buying season.

Source: Der Spiegel

More about:  auto industry • India • protests • protesters • Tata Motors • Tata Nano

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