India: Police detain 600 striking Samsung workers at protest

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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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"Because their March was causing public inconvenience"

THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT!

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And beating down protestors is the cops' point

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

/s

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

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"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.

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These people get paid $300/month working at a plant that generates $12 billion / year. Samsung has always been evil, a shit company that makes shit products, spreading pollution everywhere it goes.

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There asking for a raise of around $428 a month too.

How do we get a global union going to stop this BS everywhere? Maybe there already is one and I am unaware of it

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https://www.iww.org/

The IWW market themselves as the "global" union. It really depends on their presence in your country, though.

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Nice! Seems to be mostly in North America for now but that would be great to have continental level unions

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Ohh wow look you pay this government taxes then it turns around opresses you on behalf of your employer...

There is a lesson in there folks for every wage slave on the planet.

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