Archive · 23 Sep 2025
MRF Chennai Workers Strike Over Insurance and Trainee Issues
Workers at an MRF factory in Chennai are on strike.
They are protesting how their health insurance is being handled and the company hiring trainees through government programs.
The workers’ union, CITU, supports the strike.
MRF says the strike is against the rules, but the factory is still partially running.
Production has been impacted.
The company is taking steps to resolve the situation.
MRF workers in Tiruvottiyur are on strike.
The strike concerns payment of annual insurance premium and trainee hiring.
Workers are protesting the hiring of trainees under various government schemes.
MRF considers the strike illegal.
Production at the factory has been affected.
- Who
- MRF workers and management
- What
- Workers at the Tiruvottiyur plant are on strike over insurance premium payments and trainee hiring.
- When
- Published on September 23, 2025.
- Where
- MRF factory, Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, India
- Why
- Disagreement over how insurance premiums are paid and trainee hiring practices.
Workers' Perspective
Management's Perspective
Insurance Premium Payment
Workers' Perspective
The workers are unhappy with changes to how insurance premiums are handled.
Management's Perspective
The company changed the process of how the annual insurance premium is paid.
Hiring Practices
Workers' Perspective
The workers are protesting the increased preference for hiring trainees.
Management's Perspective
MRF is hiring trainees under various government schemes.
- Company
- MRF
- Location
- Tiruvottiyur, Chennai
- Workers on Strike
- Approx. 800
- Union Involved
- CITU
- Strike Reason
- Insurance premium & trainee hiring
- Company Stance
- Strike is illegal
- Share Price (at time of report)
- ₹1,55,695
