More than 20,000 workers have left the Taiwanese company's Zhengzhou factory in China on Thursday . The departures came after employees complained that the company committed a pay-related technical mistake when recruiting new employees .
According to a Foxconn source familiar with the situation, more than 20,000 workers have left the Taiwanese company's Zhengzhou factory in China on Thursday, presumably due to employee unrest that rocked the company's productivity target of resuming full production by the end of November, according to a Foxconn source familiar with the situation.The departures came after employees complained that the company committed a pay-related technical mistake when recruiting new employees, which they said According to a second Foxconn source familiar with the situation, the labor unrest at the Zhengzhou plant that started on Wednesday marked rare scenes of open rebellion in China, where workers claim to have fuelled allegations of overdue pay and frustration over tight COVID-19 requirements.According to a second Foxconn source, some recent hires had left the campus but did not specify how many.The departures, according to the source, did not alter current production because the new staff still needed to complete preparation courses before working online, and it comes at a time when China is witnessing record numbers of COVID-19 infections and is being confronted with more lockouts, fueling residents' dissatisfaction.However, it has also exposed communication flaws and a mistrust among some staff in Foxconn management.
The barriers forced the company to sever thousands of workers, and the industrial conditions led to the evacuation of many employees.($1 = 7.1616 Chinese yuan renminbi)( renminbi = 4.1616;