Toyota Kirloskar on Friday said that around 300 workers have returned to work after signing a good conduct undertaking.

A company official also said that a total of 2,000 employees consisting of supervisory as well as apprentice staff have been deployed to carry out the production in both the factories.

This has, however, reduced the production of vehicles to half the normal daily output of 700 units.

He clarified that none of the contract workers has been deployed to work on the shop floor.

Shekar Viswanathan, the company’s Vice-Chairman, told newspersons that the reason for insisting on a good conduct undertaking from each of the workers was to ensure the safety of the existing staff.

“We cannot compromise on the safety of the staff. Even during the last strike, we insisted on a similar undertaking,” he pointed out.

The company’s Vice-President for Sales and Marketing, N Raja, said the waiting period for delivery of vehicles is going up every day and the customers are being kept updated on the schedule.

Viswanathan said that the company has not been formally informed about the hunger strike by the workers.

“We came to know about the hunger strike only from the banners put up by them in front of the factory gates,” he said.

He also said that an independent enquiry will be conducted in the case of suspended workers. “If they are not found guilty, we will immediately reinstate them and give them back wages as well,” he added.

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