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The flourishing SEZ near Chennai is witnessing an activism surge as workers allege oppression in MNCs like Samsung and Flextronics.
“I’ve got a few things on my mind right now. The main being I’m not married yet,” says S (name withheld), cracking a wry smile. “It’s tough finding a girl on my current salary. After working for a decade, I should be earning more than Rs 32,000. My annual salary goes up by a mere Rs 2,000 a year.”
He is on his way to attend the first meeting of a newly formed workers’ union. A few hundred others walk with him. All employees of Samsung India’s manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai.
“In all other companies, people work for …
There is little incentive to manufacture in India for export apart from those provided by the government.
Last week, Larsen & Toubro chairman S. N. Subrahmanyan blamed welfare schemes for unavailability of labour. There are other factors in play too.
Tata Electronics is making the most of Apple’s push in India amid a surge in high-end smartphone sales and geopolitical pressures.
