Apple Unrest: 20000 newly hired workers stop work in Apple’s largest plant, production affected.
About 20,000 newly hired workers have stopped work at Apple’s plant in China. This has started affecting the production of the products of the prestigious brand Apple. According to media reports, among the 20,000 people who have left the company by stopping work, there are more newly reinstated workers and they are no longer working on the production line.
A source working at Apple’s supplier Foxconn’s plant in Zhenzhou, China has informed the media about this. A person with knowledge of the matter has said that the process of achieving production targets at the Apple plant has suffered a setback due to the shutdown of these workers. The company had targeted to resume full production by November, but workers’ unrest has affected production at the world’s largest iPhone factory.
Let us tell you that a day earlier, there was news of fierce protests of employees in the world’s largest Apple iPhone factory in China over the Corona lockout and wage dispute. Many videos regarding this are going viral on social media. Many workers are said to have been injured in the clash with the security forces.
Hundreds of workers are reported to have clashed with the factory’s security personnel. Due to Corona, there is news of workers getting agitated in the factory for almost a month due to strict restrictions and dispute over wages. Tension was being seen at the Apple plant in Zhengzhou, China, since October. Discontent among the workers was increasing since the lockout started due to Corona restrictions. Many of the more than 200,000 workers in iPhone City had been isolated. He was facing difficulty in getting food and medicines.