Production at a key Samsung Electronics plant in southern India was disrupted by hundreds of employees striking for higher wages on Tuesday, as top executives sought to resolve a rare episode of labor unrest. Posters saying “Indefinite Strike” went up outside the factory near the city of Chennai, where hundreds of workers in company uniforms set up tents to shade themselves from the heat. People shop inside a store selling Samsung mobile phones and electronics at Mumbai, India on March 6, 2023. A spokesperson for Samsung India said on Monday that it actively engaged with workers “to address any grievances they may have and comply with all laws and regulations.”Around 800 workers signed a register outside the factory to record their protest. One poster outside the factory exhorted state labor officials not to support management, advising instead: “Discuss and solve demands from the labor union with union officials.”

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Persons: E, Muthukumar, Francis Mascarenhas, Veera Raghava Rao, “, ”, Prabhu Ram Organizations: Samsung Electronics, Samsung, India’s, LG Electronics, Reuters, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, Samsung’s Southwest, JB, India, Samsung India, Cybermedia Research Locations: India, South Korea, Sriperumbudur, Chennai, Seoul, Samsung’s, Samsung’s Southwest Asia, Gurugram, New Delhi, Mumbai