<story><title>iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause millions in damages</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/worker-protests-at-indian-iphone-factory-causes-up-to-7-million-in-damages/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>akudha</author><text>8000 rupees per month, in Bangalore! At 160 hours, it comes to 5 rupees an hour. You can’t get even half a cup of tea for 5 bucks. This is the very definition of exploitation. These are people working for the richest company on the planet, by proxy :(&lt;p&gt;This is just depressing&lt;p&gt;Edit: it is 50 rupees per hour, not 5 (I need coffee). Leaving the error as is in the comment above.
The larger point still stands though</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>varispeed</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s why it is the richest company. In this world you are unlikely going to get rich by being honest and decent.</text></comment>
<story><title>iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause millions in damages</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/worker-protests-at-indian-iphone-factory-causes-up-to-7-million-in-damages/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>akudha</author><text>8000 rupees per month, in Bangalore! At 160 hours, it comes to 5 rupees an hour. You can’t get even half a cup of tea for 5 bucks. This is the very definition of exploitation. These are people working for the richest company on the planet, by proxy :(&lt;p&gt;This is just depressing&lt;p&gt;Edit: it is 50 rupees per hour, not 5 (I need coffee). Leaving the error as is in the comment above.
The larger point still stands though</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>commonturtle</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s quite a low wage, but not 5 rupees an hour: 8000 &amp;#x2F; 160 = 50. 50 rupees an hour is probably a decent wage in a small town &amp;#x2F; city in India, but would be a tough wage to live on in Bangalore.</text></comment>