As of September 26, the factory in Chennai, south india, operated by Samsung Electronics, has experienced a strike by over a thousand employees since the 9th of this month, demanding improved compensation, marking India's largest strike event in recent years. The factory mainly produces appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines, accounting for one-third of India's annual revenue of 12 billion USD; while another Samsung smart phone factory in the north remains unaffected. According to South Korean media, The Korea Times, the Indian union has put forward conditions including a demand for Samsung Electronics to double the current salary from 0.035 million rupees to 0.071 million rupees within 3 years, and to reduce the working hours from 6 days a week, 8 hours a day to 5 days a week, 7 hours a day, which is lower than the 40-hour work week at Samsung's domestic factories in South Korea. The latest demand also includes the establishment of a "employment inheritance system," where if an employee passes away and there are no specific disqualifications, Samsung Electronics must hire the family members of the deceased employee to take over their work. Additionally, there is a request to provide an annual subsidy of up to 0.05 million rupees for the tuition of employees' children attending private schools. Samsung Electronics stated on Wednesday that the current monthly salary of the Chennai factory employees is 1.8 times higher than similar jobs in the area, and they also receive overtime pay and work in an environment that complies with the highest safety standards. The company remains open to increasing salaries to a certain extent, but doubling them in the short term is too unrealistic and impossible to achieve, emphasizing that employee safety and welfare are top priorities, and they will continue to actively negotiate with employees to resolve issues in accordance with the law.