Over 500 Foxconn workers in Tamil Nadu, India, jailed in labour dispute...

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.

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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. Full story...

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