Foxconn Workers On Strike Over iPhone 5 Production 184
itwbennett writes "That army of robotic assembly line workers we mentioned yesterday apparently can't get started soon enough. As many as 3,000-4,000 workers are on strike at Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory, upset at stricter quality control requirements with the iPhone 5 and having to work through a national holiday this week. 'According to workers, multiple iPhone 5 production lines from various factory buildings were in a state of paralysis for the entire day,' China Labor Watch said. Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo are both blocking searches in Chinese for 'Foxconn strikes.'"
Won't someone... (Score:5, Funny)
Won't someone think of the hipsters?
Re:Good for them. (Score:2, Funny)
But to be honest, I hope that both they get what they want AND the iPhone 5's quality goes up. The build quality seems to be pretty hit and miss at the moment. I'm actually thinking of buying a Samsung Galaxy 3, fragile behemoth that it is, just so I don't have to worry about getting a lemon iPhone 5.
I thought everyone was choosing the Galaxy III over the iPhone because of NFC, storage and screen size ;) No wonder Samsung is expecting to earn $7.3bn while Apple are reducing orders on chips and screens.
I hope I have satisfied your off-topic troll comment trying to spin worker abuse as a good thing, with a lie.
Re:Why strike now? (Score:5, Funny)
Couldnt they go on strike the day(s) of the holiday, just return the next day and start working?
Nah. That'd mean double time and a half strike pay. It'd brick the union.
Re:big surprise (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why strike now? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:big surprise (Score:5, Funny)
They'll be even more unhappy once they realize that robots can do their jobs even cheaper than they can.
Don't be silly, they'll be building the robots.
Re:Good for them! (Score:4, Funny)
Chinese worker: $350/month.
Chinese robot (if the article is correct): $175/month.
Unionized US worker including benefits and taxes: $4000/month for doing a worse job slower.
20,000,000 iPhone users in the US paying 4x price for their phone so that 2000 can get jobs: priceless