While police dispute the story, Chinese netizens express sympathy for “800 Brother” over how workers are treated.

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.

  • very_well_lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month 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.