Massive food poisoning and unsanitary conditions sparked major protests at a huge factory in India where Apple gadgets are made. The workers admit that they are forced to work in unbearable conditions, live in overcrowded, unventilated rooms without sewers and eat in rat-infested street kitchens, according to The Times.

For weeks, the workers of a huge factory for the production of iPhones in the Indian city of Shriperumbudur "were covered with one wave of illness after another." The owners promised to react, but as a result, but in reality they did nothing.

According to the newspaper, in mid-December, after dinner, 150 local workers were poisoned, became seriously ill and were taken to the hospital with vomiting and diarrhea. Another 100 people needed treatment due to an outbreak of dysentery.

This was the last straw. Two days after the incident, hundreds of workers marched against the dire conditions in the camps, where several thousand people live. For several hours, protesters blocked the main road leading to the vast industrial area.

Why no one is surprised?

The workers live in crowded dormitories without windows, she said. They do not have access to water and sanitation. For their intense hours of work, they earn £ 100 a month - far less than a maid can earn. They are fed dishes of rotten vegetables and weevil-infested rice cooked in rat-infested, garbage-laden street kitchens.

Another 21-year-old witness said that in a room of a local dormitory, designed for five residents, they have to sleep on the floor for 15 people, snuggling close to each other. Some female workers often go hungry during the day. They found worms in the food and sent photographs to the leader, but no action was taken.

Doesn't it sound like factory in UK in 18th century?

It is because Apple owners are no different than 18th century owners.