Workers at Tata Motors' Jamshedpur plant protest seeking clarity on pay hike

A section of workers are staging protests at the heavy and medium truck making facility of Tata Motors in Jamshedpur seeking clarity on the pay hike.

The Jamshedpur facility is the oldest establishment and one of the four commercial vehicle making facilities of the Mumbai-based company which also houses an engineering division.

Production at the plant, however, continues unaffected, according to the Tata Motors spokesperson. The facility produces Tata Motors’ flagship heavy duty truck Prima along with Ultra. It has an annual production capacity of 1.44 lakh units.

“The production work is going on. A section of temporary workers instigated by some vested interests are staging a protest seeking additional clarity on the pay hike,” said the spokesperson.

Tata Motors had achieved a long-term wage settlement for permanent workers at the Jamshedpur plant last month. This was preceded by a similar wage settlement achieved at the Gujarat plant in June where every permanent employee was given a hike of Rs 16,000.

The company had introduced a performance-linked payment, which is accounted as 10 percent of total salary, and will be linked to productivity, quality and safety.