Archive · 20 Sep 2025
MRF Tiruvottiyur Plant Workers Strike Over Insurance
Workers at MRF's Tiruvottiyur plant in Chennai are on strike.
About 800 employees are protesting a change in how the company pays for their medical insurance.
Previously, MRF paid the insurance upfront, and workers repaid them through installments.
The company stopped this practice.
The strike has impacted production at the plant.
A labor union, CITU, is supporting the workers.
The strike is happening just before a new tax policy that might boost car sales.
The company has not commented on the strike's details.
Nearly 800 workers at MRF's Tiruvottiyur plant are on strike.
The strike concerns a change in the medical insurance premium payment method.
Production at the plant has been affected for the last week.
CITU is supporting the striking workers.
The strike is ahead of the GST 2.0 implementation on September 22.
- Who
- Approximately 800 workers at MRF's Tiruvottiyur plant and CITU.
- What
- A strike concerning the payment of medical insurance premiums.
- When
- Ongoing for at least one week before September 20, 2025.
- Where
- MRF's Wimco Nagar manufacturing unit in Tiruvottiyur, North Chennai.
- Why
- Disagreement over medical insurance premium payment methods and the company hiring trainees.
- Company
- MRF
- Location
- Tiruvottiyur, North Chennai
- Workers on Strike
- Approximately 800
- Cause of Strike
- Dispute over medical insurance premium payments
- Involvement
- CITU supports the workers
- Production Status
- Affected for one week
- Date of Publication
- September 20, 2025