Apple Supplier Foxconn S Factory Hit With Violent Protest In China
For those unaware, Taiwanese company Foxconn, or Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., is Apple’s largest supplier that employs about 200,000 people, and manufactures roughly 70% of the total iPhones sold globally. The incident, which was first reported by Bloomberg, took place in the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, China, which is the main plant that manufactures iPhones. In videos sent by eyewitnesses to Bloomberg, hundreds of workers at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant can be seen leaving their dormitories and crowding the grounds to clash with the security guards wearing white hazmat suits....