The Union labour ministry has written to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, urging the state government to intervene and find an “early and amicable resolution” of the ongoing workers’ strike at the Samsung’s plant near Chennai, according to an official source.
Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has urged the state government to intervene for maintaining a positive manufacturing sector ecosystem in the country. Mandaviya has assured full support from the Labour Ministry to help the state in resolving the matter efficiently, the source said.
A strike at the South Korean group’s plant at Sriperumbudur has entered its third week, with more than 1,000 workers disrupting operations and demanding higher wages at the plant, which roughly contributes roughly a third of Samsung’s annual revenue in India of $12 billion.
On Tuesday, Samsung had said in a statement that the average monthly salary of our full-time manufacturing workers at the Chennai plant is 1.8 times the average salary of similar workers employed at other companies in the region. “Our workers are also eligible for overtime pay and other allowances and we provide a workplace environment that assures the highest standards of health, safety and welfare,” the South Korean company had said.
However, the workers say that they have been demanding a hike in their wages, which has remained unchanged for the past three years. Tamil Nadu’s Labour Secretary, earlier this week, said that the state government is making efforts to resolve the dispute.
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