employees have complained about sharing dormitories with colleagues who tested positive for COVID. They claim they were misled over compensation benefits at the factory that accounts for 70% of global iPhone shipments.
Foxconn on Thursday offered 10,000 yuan ($1,400) to protesting recruits who agreed to resign and leave the plant.
The company apologised for a pay-related "technical error" when hiring, which workers say was a factor that led to protests involving clashes with security personnel.
Edit: Read this article from Sixth Tone instead. It’s much better.
This is correct. The western line that the Tianenmen protests were about "greater democracy" is mostly bullshit. Yes, there were some western educated academics and PMC types who were trying to convert their newfound economic power into political power, but the vast majority of the protesters were working class people upset with their material conditions.
Matt Christman talks a little bit about it as a tangent to the book on China he's currently reading on his grill stream.
Listen to 231 - The China Bust 11.11.22 by Grill Stream on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/ZaKPZ