Wintek was once one of Apple’s main suppliers of touch screens. It got into trouble in 2014 and eventually fired 7000 workers in Dongguan in mid December, followed by 4700 workers in Taiwan. In Dongguan the action led to workers’protest. In Taiwan the Labor Department stepped in to demand the company pay proper severance pay to the workers.
In 2009 labour groups in both Taiwan and Hong Kong staged protests against Wintek for its anti-labor practices in Mainland China and Taiwan. See:
Touch screen maker Wintek lays off 7,000 in China
as 200 firms demand money
More than 7,000 employees of Taiwanese touch screen maker Wintek Corporation were laid off yesterday at its factories in Dongguan, Guangdong province, where more than 200 mainland suppliers have spent the past week protesting against unpaid debts they say total 230 million yuan (HK$290 million).
Dozens of armed civilian policemen guarded the two plants - Dongguan Masstop Liquid Crystal Display in Dongcheng district and Wintek (China) Technology in the Songshan Lake Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone - as the workers left in the afternoon.
Most went peacefully, having received compensation and their last month's salary, though suppliers vented their anger.
