Stefan Mileschin

Indian mutiny

There was a violent rampage at a Taiwanese-run iPhone factory in southern India which has lead to more than 100 arrests.

Apparently workers at the Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing making iPhone’s for Apple were not just content with touching the sacred objects and wanted a little thing called “money” for their efforts.

The workers said that they were furious that the Apple backed contractor had not paid them for four months and were insisting that they work extra shifts to get iPhone’s to fanboys.

They smashed glass panels with rods and flipped cars on their side. CCTV cameras, fans and lights were torn down, while a car was set on fire, footage shared on social media showed.

A local trade union leader alleged that there was "brutal exploitation" of factory workers in sweatshop conditions at the iPhone manufacturing plant.

"The state government has allowed the company to flout the basic rights," Satyanand, who uses one name, told The Hindu newspaper.

To be fair to Apple, labour unrest is not uncommon in India, with workers paid poorly and given few or no social security benefits so its contractors are being just as evil as the rest of them. If only Apple had a way to control its contractors a little better.

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