Indian police detain 104 Samsung workers after weeklong strike

Staff at key Chennai site demand higher wages, better hours, union recognition

20240916 India Samsung protest

Workers at Samsung's Sriperumbudur plant in Chennai strike for higher wages on Sept. 12. © Reuters

CHENNAI (Reuters) -- Police have detained 104 striking workers protesting low wages at a Samsung Electronics plant in southern India as they were planning a march on Monday without permission, officials said.

The detention marks an escalation of a strike by workers at a Samsung home appliance plant near Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu. Workers want higher wages and have boycotted work for a week, disrupting production that contributes roughly a third of Samsung's annual India revenue of $12 billion.

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