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India: Over 500 workers jailed in dispute with Foxconn
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We have received the following extraordinary account from Indian trade unionists. Foxconn was the target of an earlier LabourStart campaign -- at its factory in China, where the Apple iPhone is produced, there was a rash of worker suicides. Now the same company is employing ruthless union-bashing tactics in India.
Here is the text of the report we have received:
Around 7500 workers are employed in these 3 units out of which only 1400 are regular; others are designated as 'probationers', 'trainees' and 'contractor workers'.
Workers joined a union affiliated to CITU and submitted their charter of demands; management refused to talk to the union and threatened the workers to leave the CITU union; on 22nd September 2010, workers went on strike en masse demanding the right to join the organisation of their choice and the right to collective bargaining; the state labour department assured the union of discussions on 27th September; workers resumed work on 23rd; however, on that day, 23 office bearers and leaders of the union were suspended and penal wage cut of 8 days' wages, was imposed for the strike on 22nd; the management announced that they have come to a settlement with a union belonging to the ruling party in the state which had no support at all among the workers.
Protesting against this all the workers went on strike from 24th September.
On 9th October around 500 workers along with A Soundararajan, general secretary of Tamil Nadu state committee of CITU, E Muthukumar, secretary of the Kancheepuram district committee of CITU were arrested and put in prison.
They have been charged under non bailable sections of the Criminal Proceeding Code.
The strike is continuing.
Solidarity demonstrations and rallies are being held all over the state by the CITU state committee and other fraternal organisation.
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