Henan province is trying to replenish the iPhone production line, and Chinese officials are helping Foxconn to continue production. ..
Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory typically employs more than 200,000 people and accounted for about 60% of Henan’s exports in 2019.
In the past week, Foxconn has dispatched more than 300 workers to its factories in China’s north. The company has been working hard to reduce the number of workers it employs, and this week it has managed to do so by quarantining workers in hotels for three days and then taking them directly to Foxconn factories.
Foxconn workers fled a Foxconn factory late last month during the Covid outbreak. They said the factory was in chaos as Foxconn tried to use harsh tactics to root out the Covid incident while maintaining production. I escaped from the factory on foot.
Apple has since increased wages, added bonuses of up to 7,600 yuan ($1,000), and split the factory into two separate bubbles. This will split the workforce and try to keep Covid cases down.
The official said that Covid has caused a lot of anxiety among the workers, and that they are all scared of what it could do to their health.
Morgan Stanley analysts lowered their fourth-quarter iPhone shipment forecast by 6 million units to 79 million units, saying it was “important to restart iPhone supply at [the Zhengzhou factory].” ..
He said the workers would be paid a monthly salary of 1,000 yuan and receive food and lodging at the factory.
