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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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[–] einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 minutes ago

800 juan

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Lucien@mander.xyz 5 points 6 hours ago

This

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours 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.