Meeting Fails to Resolve Lockout at Factory Supplying Apollo Tyres

A meeting held on January 7 to discuss the lockout at the PTL factory in Kalamassery, India, which exclusively supplies Apollo Tyres, has failed to find a viable means of ending the standoff between management and unions. Following the breakdown of talks trade union leaders allegedly decided to hold a meeting of their own the following day.

The lockout began on December 6, 2008, following what Apollo Tyres referred to as “negative and non-cooperative attitude of workmen”.