Protest at Indian iPhone plant reveals deeper frustrations

Labor issues must be addressed to keep Modi's manufacturing dream on track

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Workers ransacked a Wistron iPhone factory in India in early December to protest unpaid wages.  © Reuters

MEGHA BAHREE, Contributing writer

NEW DELHI -- When workers at an Apple supplier's plant in southern India ransacked the facility earlier this month, they did more than cause millions of dollars in damage. They also raised the specter of India as a country in the grip of powerful trade unions.

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