ALBAWABA - As they prepared for a protest on Monday without authorization, Indian police detained 104 striking employees who were protesting low wages at a Samsung Electronics facility in southern India, according to police authorities.
The workers' protest at a Samsung home appliance facility in Tamil Nadu, which is close to Chennai, has escalated with them being imprisoned Seven days of work boycotts by workers demanding higher salaries have disrupted production, which accounts for around one-third of Samsung's $12 billion in yearly income from India.
According to K. Shanmugam, a senior police official in Kancheepuram district, the workers planned to launch a protest march on Monday but were held since no permit was granted due to the presence of schools, colleges, and hospitals in the region.
According to those leading the demonstration, workers and trade union representatives planned to march to the Kanchipuram District Collector's Office by 10 a.m. on Monday.
However, the Police are claimed to have disrupted their intentions by placing a few Trade Union members in preventative detention and arresting those who arrived at the pre-designated demonstration location.
In recent months, 36,500 members of Samsung Electronics' largest workers union in South Korea protested. They also requested increased salary and perks. The absence of hundreds of workers from Samsung's India facility comes at a critical time in the market.
The last four months of the calendar year are critical for the Indian consumer appliance industry, since the holiday season results in a significant increase in sales of consumer electronics and other products. Samsung is a market leader in India's highly competitive and profitable consumer goods sector.
