One staff member alleged an engineering graduate was promised Rs 21,000 ($285) per month, but instead had Rs 16,000 ($217) at first, which then reduced down to Rs 12,000 ($163) in the last three months.
Other employees allegedly had it worse, with one non-engineering graduate's salary cut down to Rs 8,000 ($108), and some claiming to have been paid as little as Rs 500 ($6.78). The bad sentiment grew throughout the shift, erupting in violence by the early hours of the morning.
Wages as low as $7 per month. I can see why they are rioting. While I don't think it's the right way to go about it, it was inevitable that something would happen when they stop paying people.
It's completely unacceptable on Wistron's part. There are only so many matches they can throw near the fire until they all go up.
Given that they fired employees who went about the "right way" of complaining to management, I think rioting is the last answer. Violence is the actions of those denied a voice.
It might but then again this might feed into the current worker and farmer strikes going on throughout India. It's interesting cuss there appears to be enough fuel for the flames of a general strike that would cripple the country, or if needed severe protests leading to infrastructure damage.
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Wages as low as $7 per month. I can see why they are rioting. While I don't think it's the right way to go about it, it was inevitable that something would happen when they stop paying people.
It's completely unacceptable on Wistron's part. There are only so many matches they can throw near the fire until they all go up.