China Local Govt Helps Foxconn Hire Villagers After Exodus: FT

Chinese authorities are helping Foxconn Technology Group repopulate its iPhone assembly lines after the Apple Inc. partner suffered a workers’ exodus from its central China plant late last month amid a Covid-19 outbreak, the Financial Times reported.

(Bloomberg) — Chinese authorities are helping Foxconn Technology Group repopulate its iPhone assembly lines after the Apple Inc.

partner suffered a workers’ exodus from its central China plant late last month amid a Covid-19 outbreak, the Financial Times reported.

The Henan government ordered officials across the province to recruit new assembly-line workers for the Apple supplier, the report said.

Foxconn also raised wages and offered bonuses  to attract and retain workers after the exodus, according to the FT.

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