Foxconn apologizes for pay dispute at China factory
Source: AP
By JOE McDONALD 2 hours ago
BEIJING (AP) The company that assembles Apple Inc.s iPhones apologized Thursday for a pay dispute that triggered employee protests at a factory where anti-virus controls have slowed production.
Employees complained Foxconn Technology Group changed the terms of wages offered to attract them to the factory in the central city of Zhengzhou. Foxconn is trying to rebuild the workforce after employees walked out last month over complaints about unsafe conditions.
Videos on social media showed police in white protective suits kicking and clubbing workers during the protest that erupted Tuesday and lasted into the next day.
Foxconn, the biggest contract assembler of smartphones and other electronics for Apple and other global brands, blamed a technical error in the process of adding new employees and said they would be paid what they were promised.
In this photo provided Nov 23, 2022, security personnel in protective clothing were seen taking away a person during protest at the factory compound operated by Foxconn Technology Group who runs the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province. Employees at the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory were beaten and detained in protests over pay amid anti-virus controls, according to witnesses and videos on social media Wednesday, as tensions mount over Chinese efforts to combat a renewed rise in infections. (AP)
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Zambero
(8,964 posts)Of course.
purr-rat beauty
(543 posts)...soon it will all be silenced and Apple will get back turning a blind eye to slave labor
LakeArenal
(28,812 posts)Sigh. Instead threw $ millions away to them.
usaf-vet
(6,178 posts)LakeArenal
(28,812 posts)Foxconn mostly abandons $10 billion Wisconsin project touted by Trump
PUBLISHED WED, APR 21 2021 5:46 AM EDT
UPDATED TUE, SEP 13 2022 7:00 PM EDT
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usaf-vet
(6,178 posts)LakeArenal
(28,812 posts)usaf-vet
(6,178 posts)... land owners lost.