Last week it was reported that more than 2,000 workers at Wistron's iPhone factory in Bangalore, India, had broken up over a pay dispute.Wistron announced the firing of a vice president who admitted failing to properly pay some employees.
Wistron's Factory in India is mainly responsible for manufacturing iPhone 7, iPhone SE ii and other mobile phones for Apple.It is reported that workers rioted because associated with diminished wages, wistron previously promised to provide engineering graduates with 21000 rupees (about 1863 yuan) per month salary, but now has fallen to pay 16000 rupees (about 1420 yuan), even in recent months to reduce to 12000 rupees (about 1065 yuan), non-engineering graduates have also dropped to 8000 rupees a month (about 710 yuan).
Wistron has previously denied allegations of wage shortfalls, saying it had strictly complied with local regulations and allocated money to labor companies on schedule each month on promised wage terms.
Wistron also denied that the attackers were company employees, saying they were outsiders and that the action was not a strike but a crime.
In a statement On Saturday, however, Wistron changed its story, admitting wage underpayments and apologising.
Wistron said, "We have fired the vice president in charge of India.We are also improving our processes and reorganizing our teams to make sure this doesn't happen again."
Wistron said it had launched an investigation into the attack and admitted that it had failed to pay some employees properly or in a timely manner.
Wistron said in a statement: "We deeply regret and apologise to all staff.It's a new factory and we admit we made mistakes in our expansion."
Finally, Wistron pledged to strengthen the management of the employment department and improve the payroll process.
It wasn't immediately clear why Wistron gave the different accounts, but Apple had previously joined the investigation and suspended orders from Wistron, saying it wouldn't add orders to the company until the matter was investigated, and saying it was concerned about workers' rights.