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iPhone-Maker Foxconn Slams ‘Malicious’ Video of Staff Deaths as Outcry Grows
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iPhone-Maker Foxconn Slams ‘Malicious’ Video of Staff Deaths as Outcry Grows

[ad_1] Foxconn has denied claims on social media of several deaths from a Covid outbreak at its main iPhone plant in China. Foxconn Technology Group has denied claims on social media of several deaths from a Covid outbreak at its main iPhone plant in China, calling the widely circulated videos “maliciously edited.” The video, posted by a well-known Chinese dissident on Twitter, described the deaths of eight Foxconn workers inside a company-operated dormitory. The clip had attracted more than 27,000 views as of Tuesday afternoon. Similar posts circulated on Chinese social media including Douyin, the local equivalent of TikTok. The iPhone-maker is grappling with mounting concern that a Covid flare-up at its main Zhengzhou plant could hurt production just as Apple Inc. gears up for ...
iPhone Maker Lifts Wages, Preps Backup for Covid-Hit China Plant
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iPhone Maker Lifts Wages, Preps Backup for Covid-Hit China Plant

[ad_1] Foxconn is preparing to bring backup production online and raise wages, after an exodus of workers threatened to disrupt an iPhone plant. Foxconn Technology Group is preparing to bring backup production online and raise hourly wages by more than a third, after an exodus of workers threatened to disrupt output at the world's largest iPhone plant ahead of the holidays. Foxconn, whose listed vehicle is Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is grappling with mounting concern that a Covid flare-up at its main Zhengzhou plant could hurt production just as Apple Inc. gears up for the crucial year-end season. Its shares fell 1.4% Monday, the worst decline in three weeks. Social media erupted over the weekend with photos and videos of workers departing the Zhengzhou plant, some on foot, ...
Foxconn says production normal at iPhone plant in China despite COVID curbs
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Foxconn says production normal at iPhone plant in China despite COVID curbs

[ad_1] Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn said on Friday production at its largest iPhone factory remains normal. Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn said on Friday production at its largest iPhone factory remains normal, despite tightening COVID-19 restrictions at the plant in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou this week. The Zhengzhou campus, which assembles Apple Inc's iPhone and has about 300,000 workers, banned all dining in and required workers to take their meals back to their dormitories beginning on Wednesday, a notice posted on the factory's official WeChat account showed. "Zhengzhou (plant) still maintains normal production and has little impact (from the situation)," Foxconn told Reuters. The new measures follow Zhengzhou's latest outbreak recording a total of 1...