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Workers at Wistron’s manufacturing plant in Kolar had caused an uproar on December 12 over the alleged delay in paying wages and overtime. Karnataka Labor Minister Shivaram Hebbar on Sunday expressed confidence that the Taiwanese contract maker, Wistron Corporation’s iPhone manufacturing plant in Kolar, will be fully operational and ready …

Apple said Wistron will not receive any new business before it completes all corrective actions. (Photo credit: Reuters) Apple put Wistron, one of its largest contract manufacturers globally, on probation in India on Saturday. The development came after an independent Cupertino audit found that Wistron violated its Supplier Code of …

The employees told TNM that most of them received their pending salary and that the company promised to pay the rest. Wistron, Apple’s iPhone maker, reportedly began to settle outstanding worker dues a week after they broke out at its manufacturing plant in Kolar, Karnataka. According to a report by …

A week after the violence that broke out at Wistron’s factory in Karnataka’s Narasapura, the company admitted its mistake and apologized to the workers for not paying their wages. The company also decided to remove its vice president of India, Vincent Lee, after the violence. “This is a new facility …

Bangalore: Almost a week after the violence broke out at a Karnataka factory owned by Taiwan-based Wistron Pvt Ltd, which makes Apple iPhones, the company today removed its top executive overseeing operations in India. “The safety and well-being of our team members is always our top priority,” Wistron said, admitting …

BENGALURU / NEW DELHI: Apple supplier WistronThe Karnataka factory was unable to cope with the rapidly increasing workforce and violated several laws, a government inspection revealed following violence at the site last weekend. Several thousand subcontracted workers At Wistron he was enraged by alleged non-payment of wages that destroyed property, …

Wistron admitted that he made mistakes and that some of the processes in place to manage labor agencies and payments need to be strengthened. A week after several employees vandalized Wistron Corp’s iPhone facility in Kolar, Karnataka, Wistron admitted that some workers were not paid properly and apologized to them. …

A labor bureau’s preliminary investigation into violence last weekend at a factory run by Apple supplier Wistron found several violations by the Taiwanese firm and its suppliers, according to its report reviewed by Reuters. Angry workers complaining about unpaid wages for months smashed computers and iPhone models on Saturday at …

With two recent incidents, the government is rushing to control damage to Karnataka’s image as an industry-friendly state. Within days of the violence at Wistron in Karnataka’s Kolar, reports have emerged that the Taiwan-based company is reconsidering its expansion plan. Wistron, which currently has 1,200 permanent employees at its Kolar …

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 …