Covid concerns in China: Protests erupt at biggest iPhone factory - Marketscreener.com

PROTESTS broke retired successful the aboriginal hours of yesterday greeting astatine the world's biggest iPhone mill successful the Chinese metropolis of Zhengzhou.

According to reports from Bloomberg, workers astatine the Foxconn Technology works started to protestation overnight implicit unpaid wages and fears of Covid rates.

Footage has circulated online, showing hundreds of workers marching, with riot constabulary present.

Tensions person been increasing successful the portion aft lockdown started successful October amid increasing corruption rates.

Around 200,000 radical enactment astatine the plant, and determination were reports past period that galore had tried to fly the region.

The Zhengzhou works announced a caller recruitment thrust earlier this month, successful a bid to lure backmost staff.

Foxconn and Apple were not instantly disposable to comment.

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