
This morning, Foxconn workers from Taiyuan factory, which is located at Shanxi Province in northern China, went on strike again. Last month, hundreds of Foxconn workers have already gone on strike in a pay dispute. The protesters said that Foxconn had promised to raise the pay for all employees, but not for entry-level workers, prompting a number to go on strike. Recently, serveral rumors hint that the Taiyuan’s Foxconn plant is preparing to produce the upcoming new iPhones. The news of the workers strike was first posted at SINA weibo, the nation largest social networking platform (aka China’s twitter). In the meantime, there is no official words from Foxconn. We will keep everyone update on this, stay tune.

Hundreds of Foxconn workers from a factory in Shanxi Province in northern China have gone on strike in a pay dispute which is still under negotiation. The strike is taking place at a plant in the Xiaodian district of the provincial capital Taiyuan. A manager from Foxconn confirmed that some workers had downed tools. He declined to specify how many workers are involved but stressed that the factory was talking with the protesters …

There are growing series of labor disputes in China. Following from last week labor strike at an electronic supplier plant in Shenzhen, here is another one. The strike involved around 400 hundreds of workers, they went on a seven-day strike strike outside of Hi-P International electronics plant to protest for compensation and layoff.
We just love to see Chinese workers taking a stand against long hours of working and poor working conditions. Recently, workers at a factory in southern China that supplies parts to Apple and IBM, including keyboards, went on strike with complaints of grueling overtime requirements. We have lots of photos after the break.
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