China Asks Former Military And Communist Party Members To Stand Up For iPhone Assembly

At a time when the whole world has almost returned to normal life after the pandemic, China continues to operate

draconian measures and restrictions.Moreover, their absurd short-sightedness led to the fact that the Chinese government had to launch a cry for help to former military personnel and members of the Communist Party, who are asked to “help in restarting iPhone production” in the city of Zhengzhou. The fact is that the Foxconn plant is located there, producing half of the world's iPhone volumes, where a serious scandal occurred in October.

Employees were literally locked inside the enterprise,because of which they had to flee by climbing over fences. Of course, this was followed by mass layoffs, and the factory faced an acute shortage of workers. As the director of a Chinese labor rights group notes, “it is quite rare to see mass recruitment with such large-scale use of government power,” which may indicate a deplorable situation. Moreover, Foxconn offered employees who left the plant a one-time bonus of 500 yuan (about $70) to return, and also increased hourly wages by 70 cents. But even these measures, as we see, did not have the expected effect.

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