Fresh unrest at the world’s largest #Apple iPhone factory according to Reuters. “People describing themselves as Foxconn workers pulled down barriers and argued with hazmat-suited authorities at a #COVID-hit plant” in #China’s #Zhengzhou.
More details coming through re fresh worker protests at #Foxconn: reports of injuries in clashes with authorities; some workers complaining that those who've had #Covid are being allowed back on shift; others saying they've not been paid bonuses. Some want to go home. #China
More #Foxconn protest details: some workers used sticks to strike surveillance cameras and windows at the factory complex; police have been brought in to manage the tensions there. The global supply of #Apple iPhones was already being hit by the previous mass breakout there.
This video circulating of the fresh clashes at #Foxconn would appear to show armed officials (presumably police) kicking protesting worker(s) after they go to ground. The #ZeroCovid crisis hitting the world’s largest supplier of #Apple iPhones continues. #China
More footage being shared on social media, said to have been of the fresh clashes between #Foxconn workers and the authorities, appears to reflect the on ongoing #ZeroCovid tensions at the world’s largest factory for #Apple iPhones. #China
BTW, in these videos, those in white are police and security; those in normal clothes are the protesting #Foxconn workers. #China #ZeroCovid
For those who've been asking why protests: some workers say they've not been paid promised bonuses to remain at work during the #Covid crisis; some object to working with those who've had #Covid; some want to go home; some say lockdown food lousy. They're in a #Covid bubble there
The clashes at #Foxconn have continued into the night and seemed to involve even more workers protesting and fighting with police. #China #Covid #ZeroCovid
Reports are that #Foxconn is quiet this morning. Some workers have told us they’ve now received some of the money they’re owed from the company and some of them are leaving the factory complex today on company-supplied buses. #China
Crowds of #Foxconn workers who’ve had enough with the conditions there are getting out. Some had only just arrived as replacements. The company says there’s been a misunderstanding re bonus pay. Some workers told us they’ve been paid departure money. There are company buses.
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