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Thousands of employees of the South Korean company have been on strike since September 9. They are demanding better wages, 8-hour working days, and union recognition.

Indian police on Tuesday detained around 600 employees of Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest semiconductor and computer chip manufacturers, and union members for organizing a street protest.

For the past four weeks, thousands of employees of the South Korean company in India have been on strike over their working conditions near the factory in Chennai and at other locations.

According to senior state police official Charles Sam Rajadurai, the protesters were detained because their march was causing public inconvenience.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"Because their March was causing public inconvenience"

THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago

And beating down protestors is the cops' point

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Were you not aware of the Indian public’s innate right to not be inconvenienced?

~/s~

[–] TheBat 2 points 1 week ago

Only Indian government can inconvenience the people. No one else can! 😡😡

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 12 points 1 week ago

Time to amp it up even more.

[–] Twoafros 7 points 1 week ago

"The Chennai plant is Samsung's second-largest in the country and generates nearly one-third of Samsung's annual revenue in India, which amounts to $12 billion (€10.8 billion)."

Jesus, the plant makes nearly $4 billion annually but these workers are only paid around 300 USD a month and want increases to 428 a month within three years.