Social Media Solidarity With Strikers Will Cost You Your Job, Honda Tells Workers

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Rising concerns over the growing support for the hunger strike led by workers of Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) from Tapukara, Rajasthan, has led the management of the company to warn its current employees against using social media to support the workers’ protest. Vijender Kumar, a permanent worker at the Tapukara plant who had 'liked' some photos of the protest posted on Facebook, was indefinitely suspended on September 24 by the management for expressing his support for the hunger strike. This tactic mirrors similar attempts made by political parties, the police and universities to crack down on free speech in various parts of the country.