Foxconn, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer that makes products for Apple, has been hit by a second outbreak of labour unrest in less than two weeks as one of its largest factories in China is hurrying to churn out the latest iPhone.
More than 200 quality control employees at the plant in Zhengzhou refused to work on Friday in protest over their high-pressure work conditions, the company said yesterday.
Foxconn said large numbers of production-line workers had resisted strict quality requirements introduced in connection with production of the iPhone 5. Some quality control staff told the Financial Times they had been threatened by workers.