Comments on: Welding Cracks At Kalyani Technoweld

By: vineet kaul

vineet kaul — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 07:35:23 +0000

Dear Vivek,

Another masterpiece Sir.

Thanks for sharing this development . On a mere reading of the article, anyone will say that this could have been handled with some more sensitivity.

Many Corporates/Institutions especially the ‘Iconic’ ones have been in the News for the wrong reasons …perhaps the issues were always there . It is just that the Transparency /communication has gone up

By: Joseph George Anjilvelil

Joseph George Anjilvelil — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 23:14:52 +0000

I read this yesterday, and took a long breath. Not a comment was in then. Today, there is a swell of opinion. My reflections run lie this.

Baba Kalyani, worked with Drs Vanarase to get workers round the bend at Bharat Forge decades ago. Victor Ellis Rational Emotional Therapy was at the core, and it was of course contextualized for application in the Marathi language. At the helm of Industrial Relations / Personnel then was the late JN Desai. Desai’s son Sameer runs a successful marketing firm known as Seagull, imbibed with the spirit of cooperation and a joie de vivre as they say.

Amit Kalyani is just a couple of years junior to Sameer and they went to the same school too. It baffles me as to what manner of choice could lead to such clinical separation of employees, as if lessons from his father’s generation were lost altogether.

Reminds me today of a lyric as below from the late poet Leonard Cohen

“I heard the snake was baffled by his sin
He shed his scales to find the snake within
But born again is born without a skin
The poison enters into everything…”

My take is to watch the nature of the poison, and what else has it in our society today.

By: Riddhi Pandya

Riddhi Pandya — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 16:48:48 +0000

It is difficult to say for workers that ” Apna time Aayega”.

There are many painful questions for which we do have answers like Govindbhai. But the thing is how many of us ask questions. Sir,You have asked. But till the time the owner doesn’t listen to his conscienc (if he still has it) or someone force him to look at the pain the workers are subjected to, this pain will not give birth to any solution. We all are crying in the forest.

By: Abhay Damle

Abhay Damle — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 15:16:29 +0000

Double standards are surprising.
On one side they speak of Vision, mission, Ethos, Ethics, commitment and all. On the other, stealth way of attack.

Secondly the contract Labour Act is most abused.

Will some one take up the matter in right Ernest ?

Regards

Abhay

By: Bhalchandra

Bhalchandra — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 13:35:33 +0000

Racold still fighting in the court no relief in sight ! Callousness and confidence about insbilty of law and state to intervene owkers are behaving without human values !society need to intervene

By: N Muralidharan

N Muralidharan — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:52:37 +0000

Sad. Very Sad!
Early part of my career, Kalyani Group was one of the “target’ companies for young(then) engineers like me. Happy we have not been part of such an “heartless’ organisation.
What hurts more is the way of execution(pun intended) of the evil design.
Can only pray for the well being of those who lost their jobs.

By: Srinivas Sastri

Srinivas Sastri — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:52:00 +0000

Disturbing to read, especially in the new year. Retrenchment compensation and supposedly ‘by the law’ is hardly any justification to this insensitive act. Surely there could have been alternatives or certainly more responsible and humane way of addressing the situation. Besides financial challenges, not a thought spared to what happens to the social existence of the workforce and their families. Very sad and unfortunate that an organisation that boasts of values and work culture did what it did.
A classic case of Operation Successful..Patient Dead!

By: VJ Rao

VJ Rao — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:27:21 +0000

Dear Vivek, This is indeed sad. 53 is not a large no. The group has been in existance for a long time. Could have absorbed this cost or handled it much better. An agreed VRS could have been worked out. What is worse is the complete lack of communication and engagement with the concerned employees on their own future. Must have been such a shock.There is just no substitute to discussions to state the reality but also work on an acceptable solution.

By: Amit Karandikar

Amit Karandikar — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:25:02 +0000

Unfortunate and rude for the workmen. I am sure there are better ways with the Management to deal with the situation compared to the way it is executed.

By: Ananda

Ananda — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:23:08 +0000

So unfortunate. The business people shout from the rooftops about restrictive labour laws constraining business. Hard earned labour laws have hardly seen the light of the day in terms of vigour of execution thanks to the assymetric power of the managements. We need to be humane more than anything else. It is much easier to talk to the employees than sending the death warrant of termination. We need to question whether we have the credibility to act against the weak, when most managements neglect the basic duty of putting all resources to demonstrable productive use.