The union, affiliated with CITU, was formed two months ago with 1,550 workers at the Samsung Electronics plant at Sunguvarchatram, near Sriperumbudur, west of Chennai. The Union is yet to be registered under the Registrar of Unions. E Muthukumar, president of the union, said, “Our demands were not met and the management has urged us to disband the union. They are hindering the recognition of the union by raising complaints. When the union took a decision to stop overtime, the management forced employees to work overtime up to 11 hours.
TOI sent a detailed query to Samsung, but is yet to get a response. It is believed that Samsung India executives will hold talks with the workers on Tuesday.
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