Chennai,
A ‘Samsung’ manufacturing unit is working close to Chungwarchatram in Kanchipuram district. The staff working right here have been on indefinite strike since ninth of final month. The employees introduced that the strike would proceed as no settlement was reached within the delicate talks with the ministers.
The police arrested 9 individuals who have been mentioned to have attacked the police at midnight yesterday. Additionally yesterday morning, the police with the assistance of the income division eliminated the pavilion and chairs arrange on the protest web site. Nonetheless, the employees protested as normal.
The police instructed everybody to disperse saying they weren’t allowed to protest. C.I.T.U. protested as the staff continued to protest. The police arrested 640 staff, together with the state president Soundarrajan, and locked them up within the marriage corridor in Sunguarschatram and Sriperumbudur. The 640 arrested employees have been later launched within the night.
Even at this time, the police are arresting the Samsung staff who went to protest midway. The arrested Samsung staff are housed in a close-by non-public wedding ceremony corridor.
Within the meantime, director Ba. Ranjith has posted concerning the protest of Samsung staff, “Commerce union is a primary proper of a employee. Samsung employees who’ve been on strike for greater than a month for the sake of union and higher working situations are putting inside their authorized rights. The Tamil Nadu authorities didn’t respect this and favored the non-public firm. Habits is the worst perspective.
There isn’t any justification for the federal government to take away the protest web site the place the employees are peacefully putting. Such arrest of employees is unconstitutional and using police as a software to intimidate employees is to be condemned. Authorities of Tamil Nadu… let the employees battle for his or her rights!” he mentioned.