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Wistron personnel companies can be fined, debarred

Six staffing companies that supplied labor to the unrest-affected iPhone factory near Bengaluru could face heavy fines and could be blacklisted for failing to pay workers’ wages, two government officials said. Officials said the violence at the Wistron factory was not planned in advance. “It was a sudden outburst,” said …

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Karnataka to help restart Wistron

Some temporary staff at Wistron’s Kolar plant, Apple Inc.’s contract maker, had not been paid for the past three months and female employees had inadequate facilities, Karnataka Labor Minister Shivaram Hebbar said. The iPhone maker’s attempt to expand manufacturing in India ran into difficulties after workers at its supplier’s plant …

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