Nokia workers in India go on a one-day strike

Nokia workers throughout India have staged a one-day strike, and workers at the Chennai plant in particular have started a hunger strike, in a demand to get more job security. The Chennai plant is at the center of a heated (and expensive) tax dispute between Nokia India and government officials.



Workers there at Chennai have accused Nokia of slowing production there, from more than 13 million units-per-month to under 4 million units-per-month, and that Nokia has shifted the entire Asha line of smartphones to facilities in other countries.



Nokia offered no comment about the accusations ...