{"id":226935,"date":"2025-01-29T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/new-samsung-union-in-chennai-to-hold-talks-on-wage-working-conditions-chennai-news-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:45:08","slug":"new-samsung-union-in-chennai-to-hold-talks-on-wage-working-conditions-chennai-news-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/new-samsung-union-in-chennai-to-hold-talks-on-wage-working-conditions-chennai-news-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"New Samsung union in Chennai to hold talks on wage, working conditions | Chennai News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-117653496,imgsize-10662,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/117653496.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"New Samsung union in Chennai to hold talks on wage, working conditions | Chennai News &#8211; The Times of India\" title=\"New Samsung union in Chennai to hold talks on wage, working conditions | Chennai News &#8211; The Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHENNAI: The newly registered Samsung employees&#8217; union is expected to hold talks with the company management regarding wage revision and better <!-- -->working conditions<!-- -->. <br \/>The state govt, through the labour department, on Monday registered the Chennai plant workers&#8217; trade union \u2018<!-- -->Samsung India Thozhilalar Sangam<!-- -->&#8216; after the Madras High Court directive to decide on the matter. <br \/>Members of the union are expected to hold tripartite talks with the company representatives and labour department officials on January 30, according to workers and functionaries involved in the discussion. <br \/>The key demand is increasing wages to 36,000 over three years, said Centre for Indian Trade Unions state president A Soundararajan.<br \/> &#8220;Our demands are pay hike, bonus, insurance benefits, leave, reducing the working hours from 8. 40 hours and a 5-day work week,&#8221; he said, adding that around 1,400 employees are members of the union.<br \/> Hundreds of Samsung employees participated in a strike for over a month in 2024 demanding registration of the workers&#8217; union, severely impacting the production at the electronics manufacturing facility.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n                    var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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