India’s Wistron plant protests resulted in looting of thousands of iPhones

15 December 2020
Riots resulted in damages of over $59 million. Which were caused by months of delayed payments to factory employee.

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  • g4W
  • 20 Dec 2020

Good now the company owners will know pain of the poor workers

    iOS.Never.Again, 18 Dec 2020So Conservative/non liberal = Anti-Vaxxer or flat earther? ... moreLOL

      Kriegsherr, 18 Dec 2020normally I wont bother replying. but couldn't suppress... moreSo Conservative/non liberal = Anti-Vaxxer or flat earther?
      Wow... You are actually proving what I said about you lacking real world experience and how you make blind statements based on what you hear in the media.

        Firehorse, 16 Dec 2020Riots were always happening, more in communist & congre... morearen't you a hindu majority country and muslims are minority? getting confused, so you are claiming, minority is somehow lynching majority for whatever reason!! wow. india should be from other solar system or maybe from Olympus where minority has the upper hand over majority.

          iOS.Never.Again, 17 Dec 2020Keep believing mainstream media. You get your info from th... morenormally I wont bother replying. but couldn't suppress my curiosity. what kinda champion do you feel yourself being one of those anti-vaxxers? one of those right wing flat-earthers?
          no wonder, your ground reality helped you so much.

          in a so hectic and stressed life, who would provide such amusement other than you guys!! special kudos to you and your group.

            Kriegsherr, 17 Dec 2020Someone coming up with support for right wing media? Are... moreKeep believing mainstream media.
            You get your info from these biased mainstream news outlets that were exposed during the 2016 elections. I get My info from ground reality of the situation.

            "Liberalism wins in the long run, always. Conservatism has no place in modern world."
            >>> it's clear you have formed your views on what is better for the world by reading a bunch of articles from the Internet. I am pretty sure you aren't more than 20yrs. If you are older then I feel even more bad for your lack of real world experience.

            One day you will wakeup.
            And Don't bother replying... As I don't want to waste time on people who have zero clue how the system works or how mainstream corporate media has been exposed way back for pushing their agenda.

              Iphones were not looted. WISTRON has clarified, no phone swere stolen. They lied go media that loss was 437 crore, but the actual loss after investigation is only 41 crore(company property). Company has not paid salary to employees is the reason for violence.

              Gsmarena please edit and change content.

                iOS.Never.Again, 15 Dec 2020You need to stop watching leftist mainstream media channels... moreSomeone coming up with support for right wing media?

                Are you that Indian trump supporter? I forgot his name. Isn't he the one to incite violence and riot among different religious groups? No wonder right wing would be your favorite. Liberalism wins in the long run, always. Conservatism has no place in modern world.

                Oh, your id. Posting with an user id full of hate.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • U@I
                  • 16 Dec 2020

                  The violence took in wistron is because not paying the salaries which are in contract and also giving the working hr ie 8 hr but make them to work 12 hr and also paying less salary as they stated

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 16 Dec 2020

                    Thickshake, 16 Dec 2020Wistron should have chosen it's sub contractor very ca... moreor you know, pay the wages properly

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                      • Firehorse
                      • TS8
                      • 16 Dec 2020

                      Anonymous, 16 Dec 2020In India eating beef can be make someone lynched to death. ... moreRiots were always happening, more in communist & congress regimes.. lynching hindu boys for speaking to muslim girls is common.. anti hindu regressive leftist media doesn't show such regularly occuring incidents.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 3h%
                        • 16 Dec 2020

                        Anonymous, 15 Dec 2020Really? peaceful protests in India are carried out by Right... moreIn India eating beef can be make someone lynched to death.

                        And what will right wing media show? Whether the dead person actually consumed beef or not. It won't comment on how inhuman it is to kill someone because of food preference.

                        Protests and riots in India is common these days, GDP is in negative growth.

                        Foxconn cancelled it's investment in India, no one wants to invest in an Unstable country.

                        Indian Prime minister is like Hindi version of Trump. And media is controlled the same way Trump did in the past.

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                          • Thickshake
                          • rKD
                          • 16 Dec 2020

                          Wistron should have chosen it's sub contractor very carefully.

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                            • S3c
                            • 16 Dec 2020

                            When Apple pulls the ropes in one end, pushing manufacturers to lower costs so Apple can make more money, then the poor Indian worker in the other end suffers. This is what happens.

                            Apple is as bad as mega-corporations can get.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • fIP
                              • 16 Dec 2020

                              Jaggi swamey , 15 Dec 2020Sir.Some problem with out outsourced company. This is the p... moreare you even reading the article lol

                                Welp, looks like my point was proven right. Is not mainly about the article's subject, but mainly about what i said, got removed. Tecnically dosen't break the rules here.

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                                  • tZj
                                  • 15 Dec 2020

                                  Jaggi swamey , 15 Dec 2020Sir.Some problem with out outsourced company. This is the p... moreYou should blame India's poor labour laws instead of blaming other countries. If the labour laws are upheld properly, the workers would not need to resort to rioting. Look at own self first before blaming others.

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                                    • tZj
                                    • 15 Dec 2020

                                    Jaggi swamey , 15 Dec 2020Sir.Some problem with out outsourced company. This is the p... moreWinstron is a Taiwanese company, not a Chinese company.

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                                      • Shravan Kumar Rahula
                                      • DkM
                                      • 15 Dec 2020

                                      Need to briefly look into the below points
                                      - Does Wistron really paid to the labour contract
                                      - Isn't the Wistron need to check if the labour contract is paying the amount to workers on regular basis ?
                                      - If Wistron can show evidence that the wages are paid in time to labour contract then the labour contract need to be made stand liable.
                                      - Need to see if the labour contract has missed to pay to workers though it got the payments from Wistron.
                                      - and also need to investigate if any intentional activities involved from any sources be it with in the country or from outside the country.

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                                        • India.Never.Again
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                                        • 15 Dec 2020

                                        iOS.Never.Again, 15 Dec 2020You need to stop watching leftist mainstream media channels... moreYou need to stop watching rightist mainstream media channels.
                                        Their misinformation campaign has become successful in confusing you towards a different reality.