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What is behind Foxconn’s iPhone factory China woes?
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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What is behind Foxconn’s iPhone factory China woes?

[ad_1] Mistrust, miscommunication, COVID curbs. When officials from his Chinese village approached Hou last month, urging him to work at the world's largest iPhone factory for at least twice the usual pay, he knew it was risky.Tens of thousands of workers had fled the plant in central China in previous weeks and violent protests had erupted over a COVID-19 lockdown and confusion over hiring bonuses. But Hou, 24, who asked to be identified only by his family name, told Reuters he took the job at the Zhengzhou plant belonging to Foxconn, Apple's biggest iPhone maker, making 70% of iPhones globally. The crisis could cut production for November at the factory by at least 30%, a Foxconn source told Reuters on Thursday, a development that has hit Apple's share price.The plant owned by Taiwa...
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Protesting workers beaten at Chinese iPhone factory
24Nov By adminNo Comments
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Protesting workers beaten at Chinese iPhone factory

[ad_1] Police beat workers protesting over a pay dispute at the biggest factory for Apple's iPhone. Police beat workers protesting over a pay dispute at the biggest factory for Apple's iPhone, whose new model is delayed by controls imposed as China tries to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases.Foxconn, the biggest contract assembler of smartphones and other electronics, is struggling to fill orders for the iPhone 14 after thousands of employees walked away from the factory in the central city of Zhengzhou last month following complaints about unsafe working conditions. China's status as an export powerhouse is based on factories such as Foxconn's that assemble the world's consumer electronics, toys and other goods. The ruling Communist Party is trying to contain the latest wave of outbre...
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iPhone-Maker Foxconn Slams ‘Malicious’ Video of Staff Deaths as Outcry Grows
1Nov By adminNo Comments
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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 ...
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Chinese cities brace for wave of Foxconn workers from COVID-hit Zhengzhou
30Oct By adminNo Comments
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Chinese cities brace for wave of Foxconn workers from COVID-hit Zhengzhou

[ad_1] Zhengzhou reported 167 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the seven days to Oct. 29, up from 97 infections in the prior 7-day period. Cities in central China hastily drew up plans to isolate migrant workers fleeing to their hometowns from a vast assembly facility of iPhone maker Foxconn in COVID-hit Zhengzhou city, fearing the returnees may trigger coronavirus outbreaks. Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, reported 167 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the seven days to Oct. 29, up from 97 infections in the prior seven-day period. Taiwan-based Foxconn, which has about 300,000 workers in Zhengzhou, has not disclosed the number of infected workers. Under China's ultra-strict zero-COVID policies, localities are mandated to act swiftly to quell any outbreaks, with mea...
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