Samsung India strike to intensify as CITU plans fresh protests across industrial hubs

The labour strike at Samsung’s Sriperumbudur plant in Chennai is set to escalate further, spreading to nearby industrial hubs as the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) announces fresh protests on February 20 and 21.

The Samsung India Workers’ Union (SIWU), backed by CITU, will hold another round of talks with Samsung management in the presence of Tamil Nadu labour department officials on Wednesday. “If there is no resolution, we will further intensify our protests,” said E Muthukumar, CITU Kancheepuram secretary and SIWU president.