Samsung India workers end month-long strike, return to work after successful talks

The month-long indefinite strike by employees of Samsung India Electronics Ltd at its Sriperumbudur plant near Chennai has officially ended, with workers set to resume duties immediately, the Tamil Nadu government announced on Tuesday.

Around 1,100 of the factory’s 1,750 workers had been on strike since September 9, demanding wage revisions, improved working conditions, and the formal registration of the newly formed Samsung India Workers Union, backed by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU).