For the past 11 days, about 1,500 workers of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics have been on strike in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leading to major disruptions in production.
The plant in Chennai city, one of Samsung's two factories in India, employs nearly 2,000 workers and produces home appliances, contributing about a third to the company's annual $12 billion revenue in India.
The striking workers gather at a plot of land near the 17-year-old factory daily, demanding that Samsung recognise their newly-formed labour union, the Samsung India Labour Welfare Union.
They say only a union can help them negotiate better wages and working hours with the management.
The protest, one of the largest Samsung has seen in recent years, comes even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been courting foreign investment by positioning India as a viable alternative to China for manufacturing activities.
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