SUBSCRIBE for more on CHINA / MODERN SLAVERY / APPLE / NEW WORLD ORDER / GOLD / SILVER / BITCOIN - http://www.youtube.com/AgendaNWO INSIDE CHINA FACTORIES - The TRUTH about Working Conditions at FOXCONN, APPLE / HP FACTORIES Reports early Monday from China suggest that a mass disturbance or riots may have broken out at a Foxconn factory in the Chinese city of Taiyuan. It is still unclear what exactly happened, but posts on China's popular twitter-like service, Weibo, from users in the area show photographs and video of large numbers of police in and around the factory -- many in riot gear -- blocking off throngs of people. Other photos show debris strewn around the Foxconn compound and in one case, an overturned guard tower. According to popular tech blog engadget, the disturbance kicked off after Foxconn security guards allegedly hit a worker around 10 p.m. on Sunday. Censors in China have reportedly already started deleting pictures from the scene. This is not the first time that Foxconn has had problems with its Taiyuan facility, which is reportedly responsible for the fabrication of the back plate of the immensely popular new iPhone 5. In March, strikes broke out there after workers did not receive a pay raise they had reportedly been promised. Meanwhile, Foxconn's Chengdu plant in Sichuan province also has dealt with riots. In June, scores of Foxconn workers there got into a fight with a local restaurant owner that had to be broken up by police. Foxconn is the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer responsible for much of the current production and assembly of Apple's popular line of products as well as a wide variety of popular tech toys ranging from laptops to gaming consoles. But Foxconn has been under fire for years for its tough working conditions, including long hours, low wages and strict rules on representation. The company has also dealt with a string of suicides at its plants across China, which led to the company in 2010 installing anti-jump nets to prevent more suicide attempts. The company has taken steps to improve working conditions in its factories by reducing work hours and raising wages for its front-line workers. Still, perhaps wary of the continued negative publicity that has plagued one of its primary manufacturers over the years, Apple recently took steps to diversify its portfolio of producers, recently awarding much of the manufacturing of its new iteration of the iPad to another Taiwanese company, Pegatron. Thousands of factory workers at Foxconn went on strike Friday to protest their working conditions on the iPhone 5′s production lines, according to a report from an independent workers' rights organization. ipad mini review unboxing first macbook pro 13 retina Workers at Foxconn's plant in Zhengzhou, China, were furious after management enacted "overly strict demands" for production of Apple's (AAPL, Fortune 500) new iPhone 5, according to a report late Friday from China Labor Watch (CLW), a New York-based advocacy group that works closely with sources in China. suicide sweatshop apple foxconn iphone "iphone 5s" "iphone 5c" revenue billion dollars usd "steve jobs" ceo "wall street" demand world love made factory stuff "how its made" shenzhen china chinese work employment contract electronics products working 2013 2014 latest "china factory" management project corporate islave tech technology gadget health production ipad "ipad mini" "macbook air" "macbook pro" shopping sale u.s. "united states" usa america "agenda nwo" HP The majority of its participants were from the quality control line for the iPhone 5. Workers and inspectors clashed in fights that sometimes turned physical, CLW said, with some hospitalized as a result. China's state-run news agency Xinhua also reported on the disturbance. More than 100 quality inspectors refused to go to work Friday "after one of the inspectors was allegedly assaulted by the workers, who have been dissatisfied with the new inspection standards," Xinhua said, citing an unnamed regional government spokesman in Zhengzhou. The work stoppage lasted roughly one hour, according to Xinhua's source, who said that the plant has now resumed production. "These were isolated incidents and were immediately addressed and measures taken, including providing additional staff for the lines in question," Foxconn said. "This is consistent with our efforts to work with our employees to continuously enhance any aspects of our production that can improve the workplace and manufacturing practices." Foxconn's Zhenghou complex employs around 190,000 people, according to CNET, which recently visited the area. Apple CEO Tim Cook made an appearance at the plant in March. Both Xinhua and CLW cited tension over iPhone 5 quality standards as the event's catalyst. Workers were given new, impossibly strict standards, demanding precision down to increments as small as two-hundredths of a millimeter, according to CLW.

• published: 17 Dec 2013
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