20,000 new workers lay off at Apple's largest plant, major impact on Apple's production

- Resentment among employees over lockout and wage dispute

- Several workers injured in clashes with security forces

New Delhi, dated 25 November 2022, Friday

About 20,000 new workers have stopped working at Apple's factories in China. It has started affecting the production of the products of the prestigious brand Apple. According to sources, more than 20,000 people who have left the company through the shutdown are new workers and are no longer working on the production line. A source working at Apple's supplier Foxconn's plant in Zhenzhou, China has informed the media about this.

A person familiar with the matter said that the stoppage of these workers has hit the process of achieving production targets at the Apple plant. The company had aimed to resume full production by November. But, labor unrest has affected production at the world's largest iPhone factory. A day ago, there was news of a fierce protest of employees in the world's largest Apple iPhone factory in China over the Corona lockout and wage dispute. Many videos about this are going viral on social media. Many workers are also reported to have been injured in clashes with security forces. Hundreds of workers reportedly clashed with factory security personnel. There are reports that the workers have been agitated due to the dispute over wages and strict restrictions in the factory for almost a month due to Corona. The Apple plant in Zhengzhou, China, has been experiencing tension since October. Since the lockdown started due to Corona ban, dissatisfaction among the workers was increasing. Many of iPhone City's more than 200,000 workers were laid off. They were facing difficulty in getting food and medicines.