January 22nd, over a thousand workers of the "Phase III assembly line" of a Foxconn production site located in the Technological Develop Zone, Daxing District, Beijing, China, went on strike. They assembled at the canteen, complaining against the factory’s refusal to give away year-end bonus and denial of pay-rise. The management's efforts to comfort the workers and did not resolve the matter as no concrete replies were to the workers' queries the workers were angered. The situation remained in a stalemate and the strike continued until midnight. According to news on weibo the local authorities sent in police troops to stand guard outside the factory area last night.
Over a thousand workers of the "Phase III assembly line" of a Foxconn production site located in the Technological Develop Zone, Daxing District, Beijing, went on strike. They assembled at the canteen, complaining against the factory’s refusal to give away year-end bonus and denial of pay-rise. The management's efforts to comfort the workers and did not resolve the matter as no concrete replies were to the workers' queries the workers were angered. The situation remained in a stalemate and the strike continued until midnight. According to news on weibo the local authorities sent in police troops to stand guard outside the factory area last night.
