Η παραγωγή iPhone λέγεται ότι θα σημειώσει πτώση 30 τοις εκατό μετά από διακοπή λειτουργίας στο εργοστάσιο Foxconn στην Κίνα

iPhone production could slump by at least 30 percent at Foxconn's factory in China's city of Zhengzhou after worker unrest disrupted operations, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday. The estimate was an upward revision of an October internal forecast for production impact of up to 30 percent at the world's largest iPhone factory, said the source, who sought anonymity as the information was private.

Following this week's bout of worker unrest at the plant, the source added, it was “impossible” for the company to resume full production by the end of the month – a deadline it had set internally before Wednesday's wave of protests.

Foxconn declined to comment.

Earlier on Friday, Reuters reported that more than 20,000 employees, most of them were new hires not yet working on the production line, have left Apple supplier Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant in China, citing a Foxconn source familiar with the matter. The person said the departures would complicate the company's previous target of resuming full production by the end of November, following worker unrest that rocked production at the world's largest iPhone factory.

Foxconn has apologised for committing a pay-related “technical error” when hiring new recruits, which workers say was a factor that led to protests involving clashes with security personnel.

Η εργατική αναταραχή στο εργοστάσιο του Zhengzhou που ξεκίνησε την Τετάρτη σηματοδότησε σπάνιες σκηνές ανοιχτής διαφωνίας στην Κίνα που οι εργαζόμενοι λένε ότι τροφοδότησε τους ισχυρισμούς για καθυστερημένες αμοιβές και την απογοήτευση για τους αυστηρούς περιορισμούς για τον COVID-19.

Meanwhile, a second Foxconn source familiar with the matter said some new hires had left the campus but did not elaborate on how many. The person said the departures had no impact on current production, as the new staff still needed to take training courses before working online.

Η Foxconn ξεκίνησε μια προσπάθεια προσλήψεων νωρίτερα αυτόν τον μήνα, υποσχόμενη μπόνους και υψηλότερους μισθούς, αφού έπρεπε να θεσπίσει μέτρα για τον περιορισμό της εξάπλωσης του COVID-19 τον Οκτώβριο. Τα κράσπεδα ανάγκασαν την εταιρεία να απομονώσει πολλούς υπαλλήλους και οι συνθήκες του εργοστασίου οδήγησαν αρκετούς σε φυγή.

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