Samsung India Workers Intensify Strike with Token Fast

Samsung India Electronics Ltd workers held a token fast as part of their fourth-week protest demanding wage revisions and better work conditions. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is leading the protest. Temporary workers are alleged to have been employed to counter the strike. Negotiations continue.

Workers of Samsung India Electronics Ltd intensified their ongoing protest on Wednesday by observing a token fast near the factory. This action marks the fourth week of their strike.

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), which leads the protest, plans to meet the Director of Factories, alleging the company has employed temporary workers amid the strike.

About 1,100 Samsung India employees have been striking since September 9, calling for wage revisions and improved work conditions. Despite multiple negotiation rounds involving the labor department, another tripartite meeting is scheduled for next week, according to CITU sources.

(With inputs from agencies.)