Samsung Electronics has warned its striking workers in southern India they will not receive wages if they continue protesting and also face the risk of termination, a company email showed, escalating a dispute between the company and its employees.

Samsung India has issued a warning notice to its striking workers, urging them to return to work immediately. The company emphasizes that the safety and wellbeing of workers are priorities and is committed to resolving the issues arising at their plant near Chennai.

Hundreds of Samsung workers have since Sept. 9 disrupted work and protested in a nearby makeshift tent close to its home appliances factory near the city of Chennai. They have been demanding higher wages and recognition of a union at the plant,

Samsung Electronics' Indian unit has sued members of a labour union that has led a strike for 11 days at its only India home appliances plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, escalating tensions with its workers,

For the past 11 days, about 1,500 workers of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics have been striking work in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leading to major disruptions in production.

As the strike at Samsung Electronics' Indian plant continues, the company has reportedly filed a lawsuit against union members, further escalating tensions between multinational corporations and local workers in India,

As the strike by the employees at Korean electronics giant Samsung entered its 10th day on Wednesday, the CITU demanded the government's intervention to resolve the issue amicably. The protests led by the employees of Samsung's factory near here got more support on Wednesday,