Foxconn paid 20,000 rioting workers to leave the company

Following riots over pay, Apple's main iPhone manufacturer Foxconn has now offered $1,400 to protesters, conditional on resignation.There were many reasons why hundreds rioted at Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant, including complaints about a lack of food during COVID confinement. One issue, though, was how Foxconn allegedly altered employment contracts so that new workers did not get the pay they were promised.Following the riot — and an Apple team arriving at the scene — managers at Foxconn apologized to workers for what it called a 'technical error.' Read more...