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Workers dissatisfied with a reduction in salaries defeated the iPhone production factory in India
Working factories for the production of iPhone smartphones, located in the Indian Bangalore (Karnataka), staged a strike and partially defeated the enterprise due to a reduction in salaries.
As specifies The Verge , we are talking about the factory of the Taiwanese company Wistron (Apple contractor), which was opened this year. The iPhone se smartphones gather on it. The strike flashed on Saturday, December 12, during the arrival of a new shift in workers. Outraged by a decrease in salaries, the workers defeated the offices and equipment of the factory, and then went out into the street, where they turned over and burned several cars. In total, about 2 thousand people participated in the strike.
Times of India published on Twitter a small video shot by one of the participants in the action.
Karnataka: #Violence At Iphone Production Plant Run by Taiwan-Based #wistron Corp at Narasapura (In Kolar Distrib) Near #bengaluru .
- Toi Bengaluru (@toibengaluru) December 12, 2020
Employees allege They Have not Been Paid Properly. pic.twitter.com/gkbeferkc
As RIA Novosti reports, after the riots the police detained more than 130 people. Local authorities condemned what happened and stated that strict measures would be taken against violators of order.
Recall, Apple began to release the iPhone in India in 2017. At the same time, due to the high by local standards, the price of the company's share of smartphones accounts for about 1% of the total market of India smartphones.