The state [Karnataka] passed an amendment to its application of the factories act, which now allows for 12-hour shifts [up from 9], and the easing of rules for night-time work for women. The legislation increases the number of allowable overtime hours to 145 over a three-month period, up from 75, and caps maximum working hours at 48 per week [this is toothless].
Apple and its manufacturing partner Foxconn were involved in lobbying for a significant liberalisation of labour laws...There are “a lot of inputs" from industry lobby groups and foreign companies, including Foxconn and Apple, in the decision to amend Karnataka’s labour law.
Such a country in decline in every way. Like all the neoliberal hellholes. Its not going to do anything, industrial growth in India stagnated a decade ago.
Keep in mind most of the labor is in "informal" sector (90%) where even these basic labor laws aren't enforced.
Also the rejection rates for iPhone parts manufacturered in India are straight up unsustainable. No one has the manufacturing capabilities that China possesses here, not even highly industrialised countries, yet alone India. It's one of the big reasons Steve Jobs chose China in the first place back in the 2000s, sure other countries would do it cheaper, but not with the quality China did it. And if he wanted to build them in the west, he'd pay more, due to labour laws and a higher cost of living, for a worse product.
I always found the "made in china = bad" argument funny. Like iPhones are overpriced shits much of the time, but the physical quality is alright like 95% of the time. It's the companies which set the standards and China follows whatever are given. There's also the cope of "ummm it's designed in california" lmao. It's still assembled thousands of miles away, man. They make iPhones with higher standards because that's what Apple wants, and they make cheap junk that falls apart in 2 weeks because that's what Amazon and Walmart wants
Yeah it's pretty much a you get what you pay for deal with multinationals doing business in China. And with how fucked neoliberal global capitalism is, you don't need to pay that much to get high quality
And they rip off shit, improve it (to somewhere in between) and sell it to Chinese consumers cause it's what Chinese companies want (and now those companies have improved their designs just about up to par). Apple will have them make the good shit and ship it over to you, they can't compete with that so they're just going to sell their version of the good shit to themselves ofc, has nothing to do with competence, as you say.
What I'm hearing is that the only way India will be able to take some of the manufacturing out of China is if they have their own communist revolution and industrial reforms. :galaxy-brain:
India with their caste system will forever held them back. When you exclude the majority in favor of minority, many of them gonna fled, combine that India govt doesn't really heavily invest in infrastructure, and more invest on fake news.