When Chennai residents were suffering due to the scorching heat over the past one week — with temperatures touching their highest ever (39 degrees Celsius) like in 1920 and 2002 — a group of workers continued their strike about 45 km away at the Samsung Electronics unit in Sriperumbudur.

The strike, backed by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (Citu), started on September 9.

Employees were conducting their strike on tents at a vacant ground around 300 metres away from the plant’s main gate.

“No worker should speak to any media or YouTube channel. Only leaders and

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According to CITU, around 90 per cent of the total 1723 workers of the Sriperumbudur plant are participating in the strike