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Foxconn India Restarts Production at iPhone Plant After December’s Worker Protests

CHENNAI – Apple Inc supplier Foxconn restarted production at its plant in southern India on Wednesday, a company official said, over three weeks after it was closed because of protests over workers falling sick. The company official, speaking to Reuters …

Foxconn Unlikely to Reopen India iPhone Manufacturing Facility Until Jan 7: Official

Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan. 7, a senior government official familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Foxconn plant, located in the state of Tamil Nadu, was …

Indian iPhone Plant Workers Became Ill From Tainted Food. Then a Rare Protest Began.

SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India, crowded dorms without flush toilets and food sometimes crawling with worms were problems to be endured for the paycheck. But when tainted food sickened over …

Apple Puts India iPhone Supplier, Foxconn, on Probation for Labor Violations

Apple Inc. put Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India on probation following worker protests and an investigation that revealed substandard living conditions. Foxconn, which uses the facility to assemble iPhones among other gadgets, apologized for the lapses in health …

China Arbitrators Rule Against Injured Foxconn Worker

Chinese labour arbitrators have ruled against the father of a Foxconn worker brain-damaged in a factory accident in southern China, in a case that puts more attention on the labour practices of Apple Inc.’s largest contract manufacturer. The case involves …

Worker’s Injury Sheds Light on China’s Workers’ Comp System, Apple Contractor

Apple Inc.’s largest contract manufacturer has been pushing for a Chinese worker left brain-damaged in a factory accident to be removed from the hospital in a case that throws a harsh new spotlight on labor rights in China. Zhang Tingzhen, …