Labour disputes: Foxconn denies iPhone plant paralysed

Around 3,000, 4,000 workers went on strike over increased product quality levels: China Labour Watch

BEIJING: Electronics parts giant Foxconn denied reports Saturday that thousands of workers went on strike at one of its plants in central China and halted production of components for Apple’s iPhone 5. The Taiwan-based company acknowledged in a statement that two isolated labour disputes erupted at its plant in Zhengzhou on October 1 and 2, but said they were immediately addressed and that production of the iconic phones continued. Foxconn was responding to a report by the New York-based China Labour Watch that said between 3,000 and 4,000 workers went on strike on Friday over increased product quality levels and demands that workers work through a national holiday. The China Labour Watch, citing workers at the plant, said the work stoppage resulted in “a state of paralysis” to multiple iPhone 5 production lines.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 7^th, 2012.