Samsung India workers call off 37-day long strike after amicable resolution

NE BUSINESS BUREAU
CHENNAI, OCT 15

In a great relief to the ruling DMK Government, the workers’ strike at Samsung India’s plant near Chennai has been called off, after workers resolved the issues amicably and the management announced several welfare measures on Tuesday.

A statement by the Tamil Nadu Labour Department said that after instructions from Chief Minister MK Stalin and other ministers, officials from various departments conducted conciliatory meetings with concerned parties.

  • After instructions from Chief Minister MK Stalin and other ministers, officials from various departments conducted meetings with concerned parties: Tamil Nadu Labour Department
  • The management of Samsung India announced several measures in the interest of the workers, as per the communication by the State Labour Department

The management of Samsung India announced several measures in the interest of the workers, as per the communication by the State Labour Department.

Workers also received assurance that the management ‘will not victimise’ those who had participated in the strike after resumption of work.

The management has promised a written assurance to the charter of demand filed by the workers before the conciliation officer, said the State Labour Department. The striking workers of Samsung India’s plant too have assured that they will cooperate with the management, and will do any act that is ‘prejudicial to the interest of the management’.

The plant – one of Samsung’s two factories in India – employs roughly 1,800 permanent workers and makes refrigerators, TVs and washing machines. The other one in Uttar Pradesh makes smartphones.

Critical to Samsung’s ambitions in India, the plant accounted for roughly one-fifth of its $12 billion sales from India in FY23.