Apple said it had put its iPhone assembler Foxconn’s plant in South India on probation after the two companies found that some remote dorms and dining rooms used for employees did not meet the required standards.
Apple didn’t elaborate on what it meant to be on probation. When it put another supplier, Wistron Corp.’s southern India plant, on probation after the unrest last year, it said it would not give the Taiwanese company new business unless it addressed the way workers were treated. does not.
The latest action comes on the heels of protests that erupted earlier this month after more than 250 women, who work at a Foxconn plant in Sriperumbudur town, near the southern city of Chennai, and in a dormitory live, they had to be treated for food. Poison.
The plant, which employs about 17,000 people, was shut down on December 18. Apple and Foxconn did not say when they expected it to reopen.
A Foxconn spokesman said on Wednesday it was restructuring its local management team, taking immediate steps to improve facilities and said all employees would continue to be paid while it continues to restart operations. Makes necessary improvements.
More than 150 factory workers were hospitalized due to food poisoning, Reuters reported on 18 December.
An Apple spokesperson said on Wednesday it had sent independent auditors to assess conditions at the dormitories “following recent concerns about food safety and housing conditions at Foxconn Sriperumbudur”.
Apple said it has found that some remote dorms and dining rooms being used for employees do not meet its requirements and it was working with the supplier to undertake a comprehensive set of corrective actions, ensuring While that it will ensure its strict standards are met before the facility reopens.
Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Foxconn as well as 11 of its contractors, including those providing food and living facilities, had been called to a meeting with the state government and officials told Foxconn that workers would To review the services provided, which include electricity backup, food and water in the hostels.
Analysts have said the impact on Apple is expected to be minimal with the shutdown of the plant that made the iPhone 12 model and began trial production of the iPhone 13. But the factory is strategic in the long term as Apple tries to cut its reliance on China’s supply chain amid trade tensions between Washington and Beijing.
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