About 500 workers at Samsung's plant in south India are holding a sit-in to protest against the suspension of three employees, and the company has deployed contract workers to fill the gap, two sources said.

Employees at Samsung’s Sriperumbudur factory have resumed their strike, demanding the reinstatement of three suspended union members. Around 500 of the 1,750 workers are protesting, alleging management pressure to join a company-backed committee.

The sit-in strike by the employees, about 500 of them (from a total of 1,750), would continue if their immediate demands are not met with, union sources said.

Samsung (KS:005930) is facing a sit-in protest by around 500 workers at its plant in southern India, Reuters reported on Friday.

A group of around 500 employees at Samsung India’s manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur has launched a sit-in strike, demanding the reinstatement of three suspended employees. The workers are part of the newly formed Samsung India Workers Union,