Samsung plant protests: 600 workers, union members detained by Tamil Nadu police
Chennai: Tamil Nadu police has reportedly detained around 600 Samsung Electronics workers and union members on Tuesday for organising a street protest, as a strike at the South Korean firm's home appliances plant in Tamil Nadu entered its fourth week.
Charles Sam Rajadurai, a senior state police official, told Reuters that Samsung employees and workers linked to labour group CITU, which is leading the protest, were detained because their march near Chennai was causing public inconvenience.
More than 1,000 workers have disrupted operations and protested in a makeshift tent near the factory close to capital city since September 9, 2024. They are demanding higher wages and union recognition at the plant, which accounts for roughly a third of Samsung's annual revenue in India, totaling $12 billion, the news agency noted.
Police had detained 104 striking Samsung workers on September 16, 2024 for almost a day.
The report added that the protests cast a shadow over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive for foreign investors to "Make in India" and is India's biggest such strike in recent years. Samsung has warned that the striking workers risk losing their jobs.
Samsung earlier highlighted that the the average monthly salary of full-time manufacturing workers at the plant is nearly double that of similar workers in the region, and stated that it was open to engaging with employees to resolve the issue.
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Jawan found dead in CRPF camp in J-K's Shopian
Srinagar (PTI): A CRPF jawan died inside a camp in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
Head constable Surinder Singh, who hails form Hyderabad, fell unconscious late Tuesday night at the Zainapora Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Shopian, the officials said.
Singh was shifted to Zainapora hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.
Police has taken cognizance of the incident and started proceeding to ascertain cause of Singh's death.
