A politically backed worker group that quietly organized Samsung employees has emerged as a result of a labour strike in India that has halted production at a Samsung plant. The group now intends to expand its efforts in the nation’s electronics sector.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to court foreign investors to “Make in India” and triple electronics production to $500 billion in six years has been shadowed by the Samsung protests over low wages, which are now in their fifth day.
Under Modi’s ten-year rule, companies—from Foxconn to Micron—have been enticed with more business-friendly policies and low-cost labour, particularly as international manufacturing behemoths seek to expand their supply chains beyond China’s dominance.
Hundreds of striking workers, donning red caps bearing the acronym CITU and donning blue Samsung shirts, persisted in sitting inside improvised tents close to the home appliances plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Friday.
With 6.6 million worker members, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is supported by the country’s most powerful hard-left political party. Although it has historically concentrated more on the auto industry and businesses like Hyundai, it demands worker-friendly measures.
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