Foxconn to restart India iPhone plant shut by labour protests


A file photo of private security guards at the entrance of a closed plant of Foxconn India, which makes iPhones for Apple Inc, near Chennai, India. The Taiwanese company will open the complex in stages as improved dormitories are ready. — Reuters

Foxconn Technology Group will gradually resume operations at a plant in India that makes iPhones for Apple Inc, as it begins to address workers’ protests over sub-standard living conditions.

The Taiwanese company will open the complex in stages as improved dormitories are ready. It’s implemented a system to ensure workers can voice their complaints in future, anonymously if need be, Foxconn said in a statement Jan 10.

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