Foxconn’s China plant faces massive protests over workers’ mistreatment

Zhengzhou: The Foxconn factory based in Zhengzhou province, known as the I-Phone city, has been facing protests from its employees for mistreatment of the workforce, misleading hiring ads and improper salary payments resulting in hindrance on the assembly line, reported Voices Against Autocracy (VOA).

Whenever Apple launches a new model amid the busiest season, Foxconn often offers extra pay and bonuses to ensure that its assembly chain functions properly. In response workers and college students take on heavy workloads, skip holidays, and adhere to a strict schedule to avail of the offered bonuses at the end of the month, the VOA said.