Workers at Apple supplier Flex’s Tamil Nadu plant stage one-day strike over wage, policy issues

Hundreds of workers at a manufacturing plant of Apple supplier Flex in Tamil Nadu state staged a one-day strike on Friday, demanding higher wages for the next three years and the recognition of a union.

Many electronics manufacturers in India, including Foxconn and Pegatron, lack a union, while automobile factories have higher levels of organising, according to labour welfare workers.

At Flex, unhappy over wages and policies, including tour allowances and medical leaves, all permanent workers, about 750, joined the Centre of Indian Trade Union, said union secretary E Muthukumar.