Photo: REUTERS / Deutsche Welle
Foxconn, also known by its official name Hon Hai Precision Industry, is the largest electronics manufacturer in the world and assembles devices for many brands international. The tech giant owns the largest iPhone manufacturing plant in China, where on Wednesday (23 ..1200) violent protests broke out by the workers , which led to clashes with the security personnel, to ask for better wages and better living conditions in the factory.
In videos shared on social networks Weibo and Twitter, You can see hundreds of workers from this plant, located in Zhengzhou, demonstrating on a highway in daylight. Some clashed with riot police and people in protective suits. Foxconn itself confirmed the disturbances. A video filmed at night showed a man with a bloody face, while someone off camera was saying, “They’re beating people, beating people. Do they have a conscience? )
Another video, filmed in the same place, showed dozens of workers confronting policemen shouting “Let’s defend our rights! ”, while another voice speaks of “smoke bombs” and “tear gas”. In daytime video, several fire trucks surrounded by police in protective suits appear near the housing blocks, while a voice is heard on a loudspeaker saying: “All workers, please go back to your quarters, do not associate with a small minority of illegal elements.”
The hashtag on Weibo “Riots at Foxconn” appeared to have been censored on Wednesday, but some messages made reference to the fact that the protests are still ongoing. Foxconn said workers had complained about wages and conditions at the plant. “Regarding violence, the company will continue to communicate with employees and the government to prevent a repeat of similar incidents,” the Taiwanese tech giant said in a statement.
It may interest you: – Beijing is facing the “most complex and serious” moment of the covid- 23 with an increase in cases and the first deaths in six months – Die 23 people due to fire in China factory – The violent and unusual protests in China that put the Xi Jinping government’s zero covid policy under pressure