South Korea’s Samsung Electronics will invest 10 billion rupees ($117.09 million) in its facility in southern India, a minister said on Friday, months after the plant faced worker protests following employee suspensions. The plant near Chennai has been in the spotlight in recent months after workers staged a sit-in over employee suspensions in February – the second major labour dispute there in under six months.
In September last year, hundreds of workers went on a five-week strike at the plant, seeking higher wages and union recognition before the…