The Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory, largely goes into lockdown amid a growing Covid outbreak. The restrictions come a day after violent protests broke out near a factory run by Foxconn, Apple’s main supplier.
To keep production lines working, Foxconn has offered bonuses and higher salaries to lure workers back and to recruit new employees. In the protests this week, footage of which was posted on Chinese social media and verified by NBC News, security personnel could be seen beating workers who said the terms of their payment had abruptly changed.
Apple said in a statement on Thursday that it had team members on the ground at the factory and was “working closely with Foxconn to ensure their employees’ concerns are addressed.” China’s “dynamic zero-Covid” measures make it an outlier among the world’s major economies, causing growing public frustration and economic pain. Though officialsthis month, they are struggling to ease the burden without setting off a major exit wave.
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