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.

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,

The strike in Samsung India follows recent wage protests in South Korea where 36,500 members from its biggest workers’ union went on strike in July and August.

By Praveen Paramasivam, Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil CHENNAI (Reuters) -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,

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,

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.

Samsung workers at the electronics giant's facility in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu are on a prolonged strike demanding improved wages, union recognition, and better working conditions.