#Kshetropasana -- #Guruvayur in #Chennai (near #Sriperumbudur)

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Tamil Nadu police file cases against 625 Samsung workers, CITU leaders amid ongoing strike in Kanchipuram

Samsung India strike: The workers, employed at Samsung's Sriperumbudur plant, have been on strike for over a month, demanding higher wages, union recognition, and reduced working hours. Their key demands include an increase in average wages from Rs 25,000 to Rs 36,000, recognition of workers' unions, and an 8-hour workday instead of the current 11 hours.

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Strike by more than 1,000 Samsung workers enters a third week in India

A strike by more than 1,000 workers at a Samsung India Electronics plant has entered its third week. Management is at an impasse over their 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 said Wednesday that management was prepared to discuss the workers’ demands. 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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Samsung workers in India continue their strike and demand recognition of union : Peoples Dispatch

According to CITU, Samsung spends less than 0.3% of its annual production value in India on labor costs, and has operated in the country for 16 years without any union

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India’s iPhone factory is keeping women workers isolated

Women workers are housed in hostels that restrict their movement. This helps keep a lid on their working conditions, activists say.

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India’s iPhone factory is keeping women workers isolated

Women workers are housed in hostels that restrict their movement. This helps keep a lid on their working conditions, activists say.

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A cattle that been left stray by an astray owner has taken toll of another life in #Thiruvallur district #Sriperumbudur
US company #FirstSolar commences #production at #Sriperumbudur #Chennai plant
First Solar is investing $684 million in the 3.5 GW plant that will produce #thinfilm modules
Have commenced production and expect to start sales, after getting BIS certification in November 2023
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US company First Solar commences production at Chennai plant 

First Solar has commenced production of its 3.5 GW plant in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, supported by a Rs 1,170 crore allocation from India's PLI-2 scheme. It is investing $684 million in the plant to produce thin film modules, using Cadmium Telluride (CadTel) semiconductor material. The US IDFC has committed $500 million to the project. First Solar holds a unique position to manufacture solar PV modules for the Indian market, as they do not depend on the silicon value chain concentrated in China. It has an order backlog of 72 GW extending through 2029.

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