Almost three weeks after it was shut down amid major protests by the employees, the Foxconn plant for Apple iPhone production located in Sriperumbudur near Chennai is now partially reopening.
For those who are returning to work, the company is conducting COVID-19 tests. As per the report, the factory reopened with one shift and 120 workers, adding it would take over two months for the Foxconn plant to produce at full capacity.
The production plant, which employs about 17,000 people and operates three shifts, was closed on 18th December 2021 after 250 workers fell sick with food poisoning, leading to workers organizing protests.
The workers alleged that the food at Foxconn’s dormitories was stale and sometimes crawled with worms. Further, the toilets were unhygienic and inadequate, without running water. Additionally, dozen of them were forced to share small rooms.
After the protests last month, Apple had put the Foxconn production plant on probation, demanding rapid action. The US-based tech giant has said that the plant remains on probation and that it would continue monitoring conditions at workers’ dormitories and dining halls, along with independent auditors.
The facility in question had recently started trial production of the latest iPhone 13 model but now it may get delayed as it is expected to take more than two months for the production to resume at its full capacity.
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