Probe into violence at Wistron iPhone plant on, Centre involved too, Karnataka minister says
Karnataka Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar said Wistron, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer for Apple, has stated it will try to start the facility in about 15 days.
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Bengaluru: Investigations into the recent violence at the Wistron’s iPhone manufacturing plant are on and a report was likely in a couple of days, Karnataka Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar said on Wednesday even as he expressed hope about the factory restarting soon, with the Centre also involved in addressing issues.
Asserting that the government was there to protect the interest of the labourers, the minister, however, said such incidents may have an adverse impact on investment and job creation prospects in the state.
Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 07:16 IST
After BJP MP S Muniswamy claimed that the SFI was behind the violence, cops picked Srikanth, a taluk president of SFI in Kolar. Violence at Wistron s iPhone manufacturing plant
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New Delhi: A local president of the Students Federation of India (SFI) was detained in connection with the violence that took place at the Wistron s iPhone manufacturing plant early Saturday morning.
Comrade Srikanth, who is a taluk president of SFI in Kolar, was picked after the BJP MP S Muniswamy of claimed that the SFI was behind the violence.
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Government s labour department has dispatched a team to look at non-payment of wages; Apple says it has launched detailed investigation at Wistron s facility in India
Rukmini Rao | December 14, 2020 | Updated 23:15 IST
The company has nearly 1,200 permanent employees and over 7,000 temporary workers, and the police complaint filed following the vandalism estimates the losses to be around Rs 432 crore
Karnataka government has dispatched teams to Wistron s Narasapura facility to assess the situation and gather information on outstanding wages and other allegations made by the workers.
Speaking exclusively to BusinessToday.In, Karnataka Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar said that neither his ministry nor any official of the department till date had received any complaint for non- payment of wages for 3 months . According to him, the company has nearly 1,200 permanent employees and over 7,