Arrests as Indian workers ransack iPhone plant over wages

[rent4country]

Arrests as Indian workers ransack iPhone plant over wages
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Indian police have arrested more than 100 workers who went on a rampage over claims of unpaid wages at a Taiwanese-run iPhone factory near Bangalore.
Footage on social media showed smashed CCTV cameras and glass panels, broken lights and a car set on fire at Wistron Infocomm's manufacturing facility.
The workers claim that they have not been fully paid for four months and are being forced to do extra shifts.
Wistron said that it "pledged to follow local labour (laws)".
In a statement to the AFP news agency, the company did not refer directly to the workers' complaints but said that "the incident was caused by people of unknown identities from outside who intruded into and damaged its facility with unclear intentions".
It said it would resume operations as soon as possible.

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Bangalore, the capital of southern Karnataka state, is India's technology hub.
The violence broke out as about 2,000 workers from the night shift were leaving the building at Narsapura on Saturday, the Times of India reported.
Hundreds went on a rampage, ransacking the offices of senior executives, destroying furniture, assembly units and smashing glass panels and doors with rods.

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Karnataka state's deputy chief minister, CN Ashwathnarayan, condemned the "wanton" violence and said his government would ensure the situation was "resolved expeditiously".
"We will ensure that all workers' rights are duly protected and all their dues are cleared," he tweeted.
One trade union leader told The Hindu newspaper that there was "brutal exploitation" at the plant.
"The state government has allowed the company to flout basic rights," said Satyanand, who uses only one name.
The factory employs about 15,000 workers, according to local media, with most contracted via recruitment firms.
Apple did not immediately respond to a BBC request for comment, but it has said in the past that it takes working conditions at supplier sites very seriously.

Arrests as Indian workers ransack iPhone plant over wages

Workers at the Taiwanese-run factory near Bangalore said they had not been fully paid for months.

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This happens all the time in China. Unpaid workers attacking factories and chinese attacking Japanese factories in China.

 

[beijingwalker]

This happens all the time in China. Unpaid workers attacking factories and chinese attacking Japanese factories in China.

But some claim that Chinese never dares to say no to the government, are you contradicting yourself? and if as you claimed, how come Chinese factories are still able to produce the most products to supply the world?

 

[rent4country]

But some claim that Chinese never dares to say no to the government, are you contradicting yourself? and if as you claimed, how come Chinese factories are still able to produce the most products to supply the world?

The factory is government?
What does factory(s) producing things have to do with the fact that your people also riot against factories too? And then you brag about your high IQ all the time

 

[beijingwalker]

The factory is government?
What does factory(s) producing things have to do with the fact that your people also riot against factories too? And then you brag about your high IQ all the time

Cause in China the government don't allow factories to be trashed, it this happens all the time in China, how Chinese factories are still able to be the king of the world manufacturing?

 

[rent4country]

Cause in China the government don't allow factories to be trashed, it this happens all the time in China, how Chinese factories are still able to be the king of the world manufacturing?

LOL, I told you they keep you in the dark, tell you what to see/read/believe/act from the cradle to the grave, and hence you would not know about your own country.

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[gulli]

We do know who is against Indian Tiwan relationship.. bump more money plz... this incidence is not enough..

 

[beijingwalker]

LOL, I told you they keep you in the dark, tell you what to see/read/believe/act from the cradle to the grave, and hence you would not know about your own country.

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Prostests and demonstrations happen sometimes in China , it's a known fact, contrary to your claim that the Chinese never dare to say no to the autorities. but they don't happen all the time as you claimed, otherwise how can Chinese factories are so productive?

 

[DoTell]

LOL, hands up he wins hands down you lose. Big mouth Indians always win Ironically though, even an Indian street sh!tter has to use to false flags to make a point, tells you how little they themselves feel about their own country. Carry on

 

[Han Patriot]

So posting same old news multiple times to score brownie points, the matter will be sorted and production will resume.

It's less than 3 days?

 

[Globenim]

Guess India will take little bit longer to "overtake" China.

So posting same old news multiple times to score brownie points, the matter will be sorted and production will resume.

Hillarious comment in a less than 1 day old news thread, coming from an Indian troll squad member spamming decades old derailing offtopic and fakenews into every thread, including this one. Seems like you dont like "free press" as much as you trolls claim everywhere else.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Taiwan , India ,, Bhai Bhai..

 

[mike2000 is back]

Well India 'shining' again.

I don't blame the workers at the plant.

What the heck are their Sanghi politicians doing??

I'm sure they are working in cahoots with Wistron to swipe wages.

How can people not get paid for four months?? What

This big corporations make Tens/hundreds of billions of dollars but they don't want to even pay a couple dollars to their workers. Greed of these corporations is just unbelievable. I stand with these workers, they should keep the pressure and get what they worked for. This is not only an Indian issue. Applies to most developing countries (and even some developed ones).

 

[American Pakistani]

Hello iPhone.

Welcome to India.