( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the workers’ demands.” A strike by more than 1,000 workers at a Samsung India Electronics plant has entered its third week. [CutID: <Cuts> INDIA-SAMSUNG-STRIKE-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 24s Title: INDIA-SAMSUNG-STRIKE-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: the workers’ demands] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Samsung said that it paid 1.8 times more in India than […]
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Strike by more than 1,000 Samsung workers enters a third week in India
( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “the workers’ demands.”
A strike by more than 1,000 workers at a Samsung India Electronics plant has entered its third week.
[CutID: <Cuts> INDIA-SAMSUNG-STRIKE-house-q-WEDam.mp3
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Title: INDIA-SAMSUNG-STRIKE-house-q-WEDam
Out-cue: the workers’ demands]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Samsung said that it paid 1.8 times more in India than the average salary of similar workers employed at other regional companies.
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VERBATIM: Management is at an impasse over workers’ demands for recognition of the employees’ union and higher pay. Samsung India Electronics workers union spokesman said that the employees’ strike at the plant near the southern city of Chennai started with a key demand for a 25-30% pay hike in the average monthly salary. A Samsung official says management was prepared to discuss the workers’ demands.