Mumbai: Toyota Motor Corp's Indian unit has decided to end a lock out at its two local vehicle plants, five days after declaring a suspension of production due to a pay dispute with workers.
The factories near Bangalore are Toyota Motor's only vehicle plants in the world's sixth-biggest auto market, where the Japanese manufacturer generates just a sliver of its global sales. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Ltd (TKM) also stated, 'Workers can now return from Monday after signing an undertaking on good conduct.' The company had also suspended some workers for misconduct at its plants. It did not say how many workers were suspended.
On Sunday, TKM said that some workers had disrupted business as the management, labour union and local government negotiated wages. Suspension of work at the plants resulted in a daily production loss of 700 cars.
Toyota's India plant closures followed labour unrest at other India car plants in recent years, including a 2012 dispute at Suzuki Motor Corp's unit India Ltd.
