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India's "Arabian Nights" strike: 1,000 workers, the epitome of a globalized dilemma
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When the wave of globalization swept the world, India, this ancient and mysterious land, also opened its arms, trying to seize the opportunity in the torrent of the times, to achieve economic take-off, between dreams and reality, often across a thorny road, in 2023, a strike in Tamil Nadu, India, like a pebble into a calm lake, stirred up a thousand waves, exposing the difficulties faced by India in the process of globalization
The protagonist of the story is more than 1,000 India workers at a Samsung factory near Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, who put down their tools and took to the streets to express their demands to enterprises in an almost "fantastical" way, this strike incident is not only a game between labor and management, but also reflects the deep-seated contradictions and challenges faced by India on the road to attracting foreign investment and developing the economy
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"We have a seven-hour workday, five days a week!"
The strike was triggered by workers' dissatisfaction with working hours and wages, demanding that the existing eight-hour work week be changed to a seven-hour workday, with only five days a week, and that the minimum wage be doubled to 71,000 Indian rupees (about 5,970 yuan)
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Such a demand, in the eyes of many people is almost "whimsical", you know, India is a populous country, rich labor resources, enterprises have a lot of choice when recruiting, workers put forward these conditions, will undoubtedly greatly increase the cost of employment, reduce the competitiveness of enterprises
If we look into the living conditions of India workers, we may not be so surprised by their demands, in India, many workers come from poor rural areas, in order to make a living, they leave their homes to work in the cities, they work long hours, labor intensive, but only get a small salary, in order to save money, they often live in cramped, simple dormitories, living in very difficult conditions
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"We work so long hours a day and yet it is difficult to provide for our families," said one of the striking workers. ”
Enterprise: Survive in the cracks
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Enterprises also feel torn between the demands of workers, who understand their difficulties and hope to improve their treatment. They also have to face the real business pressure, and need to meet the needs of workers as much as possible on the premise of ensuring the survival and development of the enterprise
"We are not reluctant to improve the treatment of workers, but the ability of enterprises to bear is limited", said one enterprise manager helplessly, "If we agree to all the demands of workers, enterprises are likely to fall into losses, or even close down, and at that time, not only the company, but also the workers will lose their jobs, and in the end it will only lead to a lose-lose situation"
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In fact, in recent years, India's high labor costs, complex labor laws and frequent labor disputes have become the majorobstacle of foreign investment in India, and many companies have begun to look to other countries for more stable and lower-cost investment destinations
India: A struggle in the maze of globalization
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This strike incident is like a mirror that reflects the dilemma that India faces in the process of globalization
India has a huge population base and huge market potential, attracting more and more foreign-funded enterprises to invest, India also has backward infrastructure, poor business environment, disparity between the rich and the poor and other problems, these problems are like invisible shackles, restricting the development of India's economy
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How to balance the interests of foreign-funded enterprises and domestic workers, how to improve the investment environment, attract more foreign investment, and at the same time promote the country's economic development and improve people's livelihood are difficult problems facing the India government
Reform: Finding a way out of the deadlock
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In recent years, the India government has introduced a series of reforms aimed at improving the investment climate, attracting more foreign investment, simplifying the approval process, reducing the tax burden, and strengthening infrastructure construction.India
Reform is not achieved overnight, it requires the joint efforts of the government, enterprises and all sectors of society, and the government needs to further intensify reform efforts to create a more fair, transparent and predictable business environment for enterprises; Enterprises need to assume social responsibility, actively improve the treatment of employees, and build harmonious labor-management relations; All sectors of society also need to rationally view the opportunities and challenges brought about by globalization and jointly promote the healthy development of India's economy
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The future: Hope and challenges coexist
The "Arabian Nights" strike in India provides us with a unique perspective to observe the process of globalization, which reminds us that in the wave of globalization, developing countries must not only seize the opportunity and achieve economic take-off, but also properly handle the various problems that arise in the process of development, so as to truly benefit from the dividends brought by globalization
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For India, the road ahead is still full of hope and challenges, and we hope that India can find a development path that suits it, achieve economic take-off in the wave of globalization, and make the "Arabian Nights" of 1,000 workers finally become a reality
Reflection: A Common Destiny in the Tide of Globalization
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The India strike incident is not only a problem of India, but also a common challenge faced by many developing countries under the wave of globalization, which reminds us that in the pursuit of economic development, we should also pay attention to social fairness and build more harmonious labor-management relations, so as to achieve a positive interaction between economic development and social progress
In this era full of opportunities and challenges, we need to work together to address the challenges brought about by globalization, build a fairer, more just and more reasonable global governance system, and let the fruits of global development benefit more countries and peoples
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