NEW DELHI (AP) — A strike by more than 1,000 workers at a Samsung India Electronics plant has entered its third week, and management is at an impasse over their demands for recognition of the employees’ union and higher pay, a workers union spokesman said on Wednesday,

India's federal labour minister asked the southern state of Tamil Nadu to resolve a weeks-long strike by workers at Samsung Electronics , a government source said on Wednesday.

For nearly three weeks, hundreds of employees clad in Samsung Electronics’ signature blue uniforms have walked off the job and staged a protest in tents outside the company’s home appliance factory in Chennai,

A labour strike in India that has disrupted production at a Samsung plant has put the spotlight on a politically-backed worker group which quietly mobilized employees of the South Korean company and now plans to extend its efforts in the country's electronics sector.

The ongoing strike at Samsung Electronics' plant near the Indian city of Chennai may seriously threaten the country's prowess as a major global manufacturing hub, according to a recent report from an Indian think tank.