iPhone workers return to production after stoppage

Published: 7 Oct 2012 at 04.38
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Foxconn Technology Group workers returned to the assembly line in Zhengzhou, China, that makes the Apple iPhone 5 after walking off their jobs Saturday, advocacy group China Labour Watch said.

A dispute occurred between the production and quality teams at the factory, but it was resolved by Saturday afternoon, Simon Hsing, a spokesman for Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Foxconn's flagship unit, said in a phone interview."Three to four thousand" production employees walked off the job at the plant Saturday. They returned to work Sunday after management said they would be fired if they failed to turn up, executive director Li Qiang said.The workers' action occurred after they were being made to work through the Chinese holiday week, and being made subject to what they called "overly strict" product-quality demands without adequate training, the group said in a press release dated Oct. 5. The walkout was the result of demands placed by Apple on its manufacturer to improve the quality of the iPhone 5 after customers complained that the company's latest handset had scratches, China Labour Watch said.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.The disputes...

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robins
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Discussion 6 : 07 Oct 2012 at 17.566
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Disgusting, as if their lives are not bad enough, they now have to work forced overtime to make money for that greedy American corporation. There is no justice in this World.
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Discussion 5 : 07 Oct 2012 at 13.025
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khun abbub, basically you are right, but just leave Steve out, he led a bankrupt company to the most valuable in the world within a decade, and is now the richest man on the grave yard. - and, we both see exploitation as very bad, but we also know the only thing worse than being exploited is being NOT exploited. an old free lancer writes you this from a mac :)
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Discussion 4 : 07 Oct 2012 at 12.454
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iPhones are over-prices as DAO says and workers are under-payed. That latter part is understatement, too.

Capitalism is moving ever closer toward neo-feudalism.

Steve Jobs the hero millionaire genius? Give me a break. What kind of world do we live in where people who can get rich on the backs of semi-slave labor are worshipped?
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I phones are over priced .Its kind of sad the way people feel like they have to go and get the latest one after using their old one probably less than a year .Consumerism at its best and Apple is laughing all the way to the bank .Too bad the workers arent .
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Discussion 2 : 07 Oct 2012 at 08.512
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Exploitation, who cares as long as I have my CHAV phone 5
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Discussion 1 : 07 Oct 2012 at 06.471
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There goes the quality even more
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