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2022年10月31日

2015年10月19日，中國鄭州富士康工廠的工人在午休時間離開工廠。北京——工人們正在離開位於中國河南省會鄭州的蘋果最大的iPhone工廠，試圖逃離匆忙頒布的Covid-19措施，這些措施導致20萬名員工中的許多人生活條件不佳。河南至少6個縣市要求剛離開富士康的居民在回家前與當地政府聯係。根據微信的官方帖子，工作人員將被強製隔離幾天。據帖子稱，蒙州、洛陽等城市已經安排巴士將工人送往隔離地點。大港縣政府在微信的一篇帖子中說，已派出巴士和官員幫助運送員工到隔離地點進行為期7天的強製隔離，然後允許他們回家。據鄭州市政府周日發布的一份聲明稱，富士康向鄭州工廠的工人發出了三份通知，承諾確保願意留下來的工人的安全、合法權利和收入。與此同時，公司與當地政府還為選擇回家的員工安排了公交車。富士康在給彭博社的一份聲明中表示，鄭州工廠的生活必需品供應充足，新冠疫情正在逐步得到控製，並補充說，將與其他工廠協調產能援助，以減少可能的影響。周末，員工離開校園的視頻和圖片在社交媒體上刷屏，顯示當地居民為一些離開的員工提供食物和住所。 Bloomberg hasn’t verified the authenticity of the content. Tensions at the Zhengzhou plant underscore the economic and social costs of Xi Jinping’s Covid Zero policy. It also shows the potential risk to global supply chains and products from China’s approach, which demands lockdowns, business restrictions and mass testing drives when even one Covid case emerges. Food scarcity Discontent has been brewing among staff at Foxconn’s main factory in Zhengzhou, where the emergence of Covid cases saw it go into a closed loop system. Food became a source of unrest after the Taiwanese company that makes most iPhones sold around the world shut cafeterias at the manufacturing site known as “iPhone City.” At one point, only workers on production lines were given meal boxes, with those infected or afraid to leave their company-provided dormitories given more basic fare like bread and instant noodles, Bloomberg News reported. It’s unclear how many workers were allowed to leave Foxconn. The company hires many temporary workers from nearby regions to assemble electronics including Apple’s latest iPhone 14 devices. Foxconn said on Wednesday that production hadn’t been impacted by what it described as a “small” outbreak. China’s zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic has idled factories and up-ended supply chains. Closed loops enable companies to stay operational during lockdowns but take a toll on workers, whose movements are severely limited, with some even required to sleep on factory floors. Tesla used a closed loop to resume output during Shanghai’s restive lockdown earlier this year. In May, hundreds of workers clashed with security personnel at Quanta Computer’s factory in Shanghai after they were barred for months from contact with the outside world. More On This Topic Foxconn fallout Now, the fallout is being felt by the nation’s single biggest private sector employer, one often hailed as an example of China’s manufacturing prowess. The discontent comes at a crucial time for Apple, which launched the iPhone 14 during an unprecedented slump in global electronics demand. While faring better than other smartphone makers, it’s backed off plans to increase production of its new iPhones this year after an anticipated surge in demand failed to materialise. Apple reported better-than-expected results on Thursday but warned of a holiday slowdown. Any disruption at Zhengzhou threatens to snarl Apple’s finely orchestrated supply chain. Thousands of components from Europe to Asia are shipped into Zhengzhou, assembled manually into devices, then shuttled off to the rest of the world. BLOOMBERG Related Stories