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Hundreds of workers at the plant in Sriperumbudur near the
industrial city of Chennai have boycotted work to seek higher
wages in one of India's biggest incidents of industrial unrest
in recent years.
"The government is sincere to resolve (the strike)," the state's
Labour Secretary K. Veera Raghava Rao told Reuters by telephone.
He added that the state's Labour Minister C.V. Ganesan and other
officials would meet Samsung's leadership in Chennai to find a
resolution.
Samsung officials did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
Appliances such as televisions, refrigerators and washing
machines are made at the plant, which contributes 20% to 30% of
Samsung's annual revenue of $12 billion in India.
The South Asian nation is a key growth market for the South
Korean company, the biggest player in India's consumer
electronics industry.
It was not clear which Samsung representatives would attend the
meeting. Reuters reported this week that JB Park, the company's
chief executive for Southwest Asia, had visited the state along
with senior officials, aiming to resolve the matter.
The workers, who have been sitting in protest in a makeshift
tent near the factory, want Samsung to recognise their union,
boost wages and cut working hours.
Samsung India actively engaged with workers "to address any
grievances they may have and comply with all laws and
regulations", a company spokesperson said on Monday.
(Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam; Writing by Dhwani Pandya;
Editing by Aditya Kalra and Clarence Fernandez)
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