Apple Inc is probing if its
Taiwanese contractor Wistron Corp flouted supplier guidelines at a violence-hit
iPhone manufacturing facility near Bengaluru
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Apple
Inc is probing if its Taiwanese contractor Wistron Corp flouted supplier guidelines
at a violence-hit iPhone manufacturing facility near Bengaluru, the Economic
Times said, citing people familiar with the development.
Over the weekend, several
media reports said workers upset about working hours and payments trashed a
Wistron factory and about a 100 people were detained.
Wistron is one of Apple's
top global suppliers. In India, its makes iPhone 7 and the second generation
iPhone SE devices.
Two battery-powered buggies
were set on fire, six vehicles were damaged and glass windows and doors of the
facility were smashed by iron rod-wielding workers, according to a Times of
India report
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/workers-at-iphone-plant-in-kolar-go-on-rampage/articleshow/79700001.cms.
Apple did not immediately
respond to Reuters request for comment. Wistron
said in a statement it was "deeply shocked by the incident."
"The accident was
caused by unknown persons bursting in and causing damage to the plant with
unclear intentions. The company always abides by the law, and fully supports
and is cooperating with relevant authorities and police investigations,"
the company said in a statement to the Taipei Stick Exchange.
Apple's supplier guidelines
mandate third-party staffing agencies to pay workers and provide them other
benefits as per rules and on time, the Economic Times said, adding it will
examine if there was any disparity in wages agreed and paid to the staff.
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