India Detains Samsung Workers for Planning Protest

Police in Chennai, India, detained 104 striking employees of the local Samsung Electronics plant because they were allegedly planning to hold a protest march without obtaining proper permission. District senior police officer K Shanmugam said permission for the protest march was required because there are schools and hospitals that would “become totally paralyzed,” and the protesters would likely “disturb public peace.” “We have detained them in wedding halls as all of them can’t be in stations,” he said. The Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), a powerful labor group, said...