'Workers were treated badly at Manesar plant'

[Informalisation and Labour Rights - Related News]

As the chief patron, Mr. Dhillon was a key member of the band of workers mobilising to form a union. Unlike what one might expect, it was not on July 18, 2012, but June 4, 2011, when everything changed for him. "That was the day of our first strike in our struggle to form an independent union," he recalled.