International Workers Day | How Maruti Suzuki tried to turn men into machines at Manesar: Excerpt from ‘Japanese Management, Indian Resistance’ by Anjali Deshpande and Nandita Haksar
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International Workers Day | How Maruti Suzuki tried to turn men into machines at Manesar: Excerpt from ‘Japanese Management, Indian Resistance’ by Anjali Deshpande and Nandita Haksar

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Published : Apr 30, 2023 22:08 IST - 6 MINS READ A fire broke out at around 7 pm on July 18, 2012, at Maruti Suzuki India’s manufacturing plant in Manesar. In Japanese Management, Indian Resistance: The Struggles of the Maruti Suzuki Workers, Anjali Deshpande and Nandita Haksar tell the story of the biggest car manufacturer in India through the voices of the workers. Suzuki also deputed Japanese employees to train Maruti workers at the factory in the operation and maintenance of machines as well as shop floor culture. Khushi Ram, a dismissed worker who was active in the Maruti Suzuki Worker’s Union, listed all the things that a worker has to do within the seven-and-a-half-minute tea break: The hooter sounds.

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