Samsung Electronics workers in southern India have ended a month-long strike over wages and working conditions after reaching an agreement, India’s industry minister said on Tuesday. State of Tamil Nadu.
Samsung “announced several social measures in the interest of workers”Tamil Nadu state minister TRB Rajaa said in a statement. “The strike at the Samsung factory has ended and all workers have returned to work”.
“We will not take action against workers who simply participated in the illegal strike”a Samsung India spokesperson said, welcoming the decision to end the work stoppage.
India is the world’s most populous country and its growing middle class is an important growth market for Samsung, a company whose output accounts for nearly a quarter of South Korea’s GDP.
The consumer technology giant had promised that the union action, which began on September 9, would have no consequences for consumers.
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Hundreds of Samsung workers took part in the strike at a factory outside the southern city of Chennai, which employs about 1,800 people to make televisions, refrigerators and other goods. consumption.
The strike is the latest manifestation of employee discontent at the conglomerate, as thousands of union workers went on strike in South Korea in July over wages and benefits.
India has touted itself as an emerging manufacturing hub for tech giants looking to diversify production from China, due to geopolitical tensions with the United States and other economic challenges.
Google began manufacturing its flagship Pixel 8 smartphone in India this year, while Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn, the main assembler of Apple’s iPhones, is establishing a large phone assembly plant near China. technology hub of the south of the country, Bengaluru.
Samsung already operates what was billed at its opening as the world’s largest mobile phone factory on the outskirts of New Delhi, with a capacity of around 120 million units a year.
