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A hundred people were arrested in India after angry workers looted an iPhone factory in the south of the country, who confirmed they had not been paid for four months and were being exploited.
Yesterday, Saturday, riots broke out at the factory of the Taiwanese group “Westron Infocom” in the southern Indian suburb of Bangalore.
Scenes taken at the scene showed broken windows and overturned cars, surveillance cameras, broken lamps and fans, and a burned-out car.
#India It seeks to attract more than 1,000 US companies 🇺🇸 outside of China to India. Really 🤷🏻♂️
The Taiwanese company Wistron Crop, hired by #Apple to make iPhones in India 🇮🇳 attacked. Employees said Wistron Corp had failed to pay wages and were overworked. pic.twitter.com/yiZH64kU2Q
– Revenge is mine! (@PromoterBoxing) December 13, 2020
And local media reported that employees had been complaining that they had not been paid for four months and that they had been forced to work overtime.
Local police confirmed to Agence France-Presse that the situation is under control and that the incident is being investigated and that no injuries were reported.
Karnataka Chief Deputy Minister C. ese. Ashwatnaryan “acts of unjustified violence”, adding that his government “will ensure to provide clarification on this matter without delay.” “We assure them that workers’ rights will be protected and the amounts owed will be paid to them,” he said.
A union leader denounced what he described as the “brutal exploitation” of factory workers, and the official told “The Hindu” newspaper that “the state government has allowed the company to evade respect for basic rights.”
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