PUNE: Jubin Parameswar, the speech and hearing impaired employee of Cummins India, who was sacked last year after working for eight years over what the company said was a disciplinary issue, sat in protest outside the company’s headquarters for the third day in steadily pouring rain.
Parameswar, through his interpreter, said he was sacked because he took up with the company the issue of unequal pay for himself and other speech and hearing impaired colleagues. The company said there were 10 speech and hearing impaired employees and all of them work in its Dewas plant in Madhya Pradesh.
Parameswar admitted that he had gone on an unplanned leave and was late in reporting to work on a few occasions as he was having some “personal crisis”. The company asked Parameswar to leave on September 25, 2017, after what it claimed it had given him a fair hearing and had settled his dues. However, Parameswar, said he doesn’t know why he was sacked and claimed that his dues had not been settled. When asked to furnish the supporting documents of settlement, the company said, “It is Cummins’ confidential documents.”
Parameswar on Monday received support from at least 25 speech and hearing impaired people from across the city. “I have come here to support Parameswar as he is fighting for his right,” said Sohan Panchgam in sign language. He has also been garnering wide support on the social media across the country. His posts on Facebook are being liked a few hundred times.
A police constable posted at the protest site and who was part of the police team which had earlier approached the company said “they requested the company to consider Parameswar’s demand to meet the management personnel. But they refused and told us that he could, instead, approach the labour court.”
Two days after sending an email to the company, it did not respond to the queries raised by TOI. On Monday, however, it said the documents sought were “Cummins’ confidential documents”.
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