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10/02/2024, 11:25:23
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link:Details of Samsung workers' strike in India revealed: Demanding "hereditary" positions? - iNEWS (inf.news)
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Double the salary : Workers demanded that the average monthly salary be doubled within three years. As we all know, prices are rising, the cost of living is increasing, but wages have not increased accordingly, so employees will naturally have complaints. Especially in jobs such as production lines, workers generally feel that they are working hard but earning little. ("...They are also seeking to double their current salary of 35,000 rupees to 71,000 rupees over three years, a significant increase compared to the average wage for factory workers in the Chennai area, which is around 19,000 rupees...." from Korean link:Chennai Samsung Workers’ Excessive Request; Demanding 35-Hour Work Week and Employment Succession - Businesskorea )
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Shorten working hours : Currently, workers work 6 days a week and 8 hours a day. They hope to adjust to 5 days a week and 7 hours a day, that is, 35 hours of work per week. This is actually a working model that many countries have already implemented. Workers hope to reduce stress by reducing working hours and have more time to spend with their families.
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Hereditary position : This requirement is a bit unexpected. Workers hope that their families can inherit their jobs in the event of their death. This is similar to the traditional family business model, but it appears in modern enterprises. For workers, this is a way to protect family income, especially for low-income families, such an arrangement can ease the financial pressure on family members in the future.
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Children's education subsidy : The workers also hope that Samsung can provide private school tuition subsidies for employees' children, about 50,000 Indian rupees (about 4,204 yuan) per year. In India, education is seen as an important way to change a family's destiny, and many families are willing to spend most of their income on their children's education. This request actually reflects the workers' urgent desire to improve the lives of the next generation.
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