Workers’ strike hit production at Samsung’s Chennai unit, output disrupted

Operations at the Samsung Electronics manufacturing unit at Sriperumbudur, around 40 kilometres from Chennai, were hit for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, following a strike by hundreds of workers demanding a hike in wages among other issues.

Around 85 per cent of the 1,700 workers at the plant are part of the strike, according to E Muthukumar, leader of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) from Kancheepuram district and president of the Samsung India Workers’ Union (SIWU).