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Apple factory in India committed serious labour law violations: Report

December 19, 2020
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Serious violations of labour laws were taking place at the iPhone manufacturing facility in India where a workers’ protest on Saturday turned violent and caused US$7 million (S$9 million) worth of damage, a report by the Karnataka state government has found.

Exploitative practices such as underpayment of wages, irregular hours and poor working conditions were common at the Wistron Corporation assembling and manufacturing unit in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, as detailed by its Department of Factories, Boilers, Industrial Safety and Health.

This Week in Asia has seen a copy of the report, an internal document detailing preliminary investigations into the incident from the department, which is tasked with enforcing labour-related legislation to ensure workers’ safety.

About 150 workers were arrested on charges including unlawful assembly and rioting after thousands demonstrated against salary delays and ill treatment at the Wistron factory, which is 60km from India’s tech capital of Bangalore. Police are looking to investigate a further 5,000 people.

According to the report, the Taiwanese firm’s human resources department had poor knowledge of labour regulations and did not have enough personnel to manage the factory’s 10,500 workers, about 8,500 of whom were contractors and not full-time employees.

Wistron, one of Apple ’s top global suppliers, should have been more “proactive” in exercising sound labour practices, a senior official with Karnataka’s labour department said.

“It is fairly a new establishment which became operational only in September and because of that, the system may not be fully in place,” said the source. “But neither the management nor the workmen have ever approached the labour department before this issue … they could have taken guidance

The workers could not raise their voice against either the company or the contractors who employed them for fear of losing their jobs, said the AICCTU, which submitted an independent report to the government.

“To employ women in night shifts, you need permission which the company did not acquire. And requisite facilities like transport were also not provided for them,” said Maitreyi Krishnan, state committee member of AICCTU Karnataka.

Speaking to reporters about Wistron and Apple on Thursday, Karnataka’s chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa said “protecting the interests of foreign investors is very important for us”.

Officials from the state – which has been asked by the federal government to resolve the crisis quickly, over fears it could unnerve international investors – are keen to reopen the facility at the earliest possible date, but insist it will be done in accordance with the law.

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

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