Foxconn apologises for pay-related error at iPhone plant

People smashed surveillance cameras, clashed with security personnel as hundreds of workers protested

TAIPEI:

Foxconn said on Thursday a pay-related “technical error” occurred when hiring new recruits at a Covid-hit iPhone factory in China and apologised to workers after the company was rocked by fresh labour unrest.

Men smashed surveillance cameras and clashed with security personnel as hundreds of workers protested at the world’s biggest iPhone plant in Zhengzhou city on Wednesday, in rare scenes of open dissent in China sparked by claims of overdue pay and frustration over severe Covid-19 restrictions.

Workers said on videos that they had been informed that the Apple Inc supplier intended to delay bonus payments. Some workers also complained they were forced to share dormitories with colleagues who had tested positive for Covid.

“Our team has been looking into the matter and discovered a technical error occurred during the onboarding process,” Foxconn said.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 25^th, 2022.

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