NEW DELHI: Within days of Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India HMSI ) finalising a three-year wage agreement with workers at its Manesar facility, tension has started brewing at rival Hero Moto-Corp’s Gurgaon unit. Workers have demanded a quick conclusion to the wage negotiations which have been going on since August 2015.A representative of the Hero MotoCorp Gurgaon Workers’ Union said: “We have asked for a wage hike of Rs 18,000. Discussions have been going on for long and we want the issue to be settled soon. Otherwise, we have to consider some action.”The move has come after HMSI agreed to increase salary by Rs 23,300 for workers at its Manesar unit over three years — between 2015 and 2018.“We are in talks with the workers at our Gurgaon plant to reach a reasonable, sustainable and sensible wage settlement. As the industry leader, we will take a prudent and well-deliberated decision which will be in the best interest of all workers as well as for the larger good of the industrial environment in the region. The negotiations are going on smoothly and production continues to be normal at all our plants,” said Hero MotoCorp spokesperson.Wage revision is undertaken by auto companies once in three years. In February, South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor India concluded a wage pact with the United Union of Hyundai Employees, effecting an average increment of Rs 19,000 a month between April 2015 and March 2018.In September last year, the country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India, too, agreed to increase salaries by about Rs 16,800 per month spread over three years for workers at its Gurgaon and Manesar facilities. MD Kenichi Ayukawa had, at the time, also announced a one-time incentive of Rs 3,000 for workers for peacefully concluding wage negotiations. While wage negotiations at Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and HMSI were concluded peacefully, labour unrest has been brewing in the auto industry over the last few months. Workers have been protesting at HMSI’s Tapukara facility over re-instatement of sacked colleagues and the formation of a union, which the company said is currently sub-judice.An agitation is also underway, with 400 workers striking at Tata Motors Sanand unit since February 22, demanding re-instatement of 26 suspended colleagues. However, late Tuesday night, the company resolved the issue. Work resumed from Wednesday after the management promised to take back 13 of the 26 suspended workers. The remaining 13 workers will get 75% of their salary till the time the enquiry is completed.