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.

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    2 months ago

    “just 800 yuan (or US$111)”

    “just”

    Fuck man, I’d go ballistic over $111 of unpaid wages, and that’s probably a bigger chunk of that employee’s monthly wages than mine.

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      2 months ago

      My first reaction was “That’s not very much - guess they should have paid him!”