Anna Thozhir Sangam Peravai (ATSP), the trade union wing of the Tamil Nadu ruling party AIADMK, has now started making its roots into multinational companies located near Chennai like Hyundai Motors India Limited and Foxconn India.
ATSP is the third trade union at Hyundai’s Chennai plant, as it already has two unions there including Hyundai Motor India Employees Union (HMIEU) and United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE).
In a statement given to IANS, Mr. R. Chinnasamy, state general secretary of ATSP, said, "We are hoisting our union flag Wednesday evening outside Hyundai Motor India factory. Workers are not satisfied with the functioning of the two unions that exist there and have approached us to help them secure their rights."
At present, about 1280 workers are member of UUHE out of the total 2000 workers at the company’s Chennai based plant. While some of the remaining workers are members of both UUHE and HMIEU, the remaining are not member of any union.
While further elaborating the union's presence in the belt, Chinnasamy said. "In the Sriperumbudur industrial belt, our first entry was into Foxconn India and now into Hyundai Motor India. Apart from other demands, we will also insist on the reinstatement of 31 dismissed workers of the car manufacturer."
