The government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is seeking, through a combination of mass arrests and intimidation, to crush a strike of thousands of workers at a factory owned by the Taiwan-based Foxconn corporation, the world’s largest maker of electronics components.
Defying police repression, thousands of workers have been on strike since September 21 in the industrial city of Sriperumbudur. The more than 7,000 workers at the plant are demanding an increase in wages, increased health benefits, as well as recognition for the trade union Thozilalar Sangam (FITS), which is affiliated with the Stalinist Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Foxconn management, with the full support of the Tamil Nadu state government, has unleashed police attacks against striking workers, including repeated mass detentions. The state government is led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a coalition partner in the federal United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
The government, the judiciary and the police are working together in order to guarantee cheap labor for capitalist investors like Foxconn.
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