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11 Aug 2016

Author:
Swarna, All India Roundup

Samsung Offered Rs 5.7 Crores To A Worker To Stay Silent About This Serious Issue At Work

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...Reports have quoted a worker safety group saying that in Samsung’s display and computer chip factories, workers are exposed to many harmful toxins which lead to occupational diseases including leukemia, lupus, lymphoma and multiple sclerosis and most of them are working in its LCD units. About Seventy-six had died, mostly in their 20s and 30s and about 200 cases of serious illnesses were registered. However, the company kept this as a secret...Samsung pays a huge amount to the workers who are affected by the diseases to keep them silent about this serious issue...HWANG SANG-GI, father of Hwang Yu-mi, a former Samsung factory worker who died of leukemia at the age of 22 said that “(Samsung) once offered me 1 billion won (Rs 5.7 crore), asking me to stay silent. The idea was to deny her illness was an occupational disease and to leave me without any power to fight back.”...

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