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Chinese factory worker sets fire to textile plant over 800 yuan in unpaid wages (rfa.org)
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/30901392

A Chinese factory employee set fire to a textile plant in China’s southwestern Sichuan province in his frustration over unpaid wages of just 800 yuan (or US$111), according to videos posted on social media and eyewitness accounts shared with Radio Free Asia.

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[-] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago

over unpaid wages of just 800 yuan (or US$111)

lol, "just"

Wage theft is wage theft, the amount doesn't matter. Fuck you, pay me.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

For the factory owner this amount certainly is negligible or almost nothing. But I'm sure for the worker it must be existential. Just for perspectives, do you think if someone gets caught stealing groceries for that amount - would the shop owner say "oh, never mind it's only 800 Yuan"

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

This

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I used to work as a middle level manager. $111 per worker is a lot. We tried to squeeze 1 to 2 dollars per order and it is already a big improvement.

The owner is scum

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

RFA

Police, however, said the claim that “800 yuan in wages were owed” was false, and that the company was in the process of approving payment of 5,370 yuan in wages. It blamed the factory fire on the arsonist’s suicidal thoughts, and said police would deal strictly with those spreading rumors.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Lol RFA, always "reliable".

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

OP, you should know that Radio Free Asia is American propaganda in the most literal sense. Although this is bad propaganda, since it just makes Chinese workers look cool af

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I know lol. This is like when the CIA put out that one recruitment video aimed at Chinese citizens a few weeks ago -- the video was supposed to lament the terrible conditions of Chinese workers, but inadvertently turned out as a brutal critique of American capitalism

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Did doge try to cut all those programs?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

800 juan

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/12/14/violence-erupts-at-iphone-factory-in-india-over-alleged-unpaid-wages-apple-investigating-incident/

Reminds me of this incident in India.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

There was also a more recent victory of Samsung workers against the company in Tamil Nadu, just a few weeks ago I think

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