{"id":443313,"date":"2022-05-06T18:20:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/apple-workers-in-shanghai-riot-over-covid-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:20:15","slug":"apple-workers-in-shanghai-riot-over-covid-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apple-workers-in-shanghai-riot-over-covid-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"#Apple workers in Shanghai riot over COVID restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e16c4e48e3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e16c4e48e3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apple-workers-in-shanghai-riot-over-covid-restrictions\/#%E2%80%9CApple_workers_in_Shanghai_riot_over_COVID_restrictions%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Apple workers in Shanghai riot over COVID restrictions&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CApple_workers_in_Shanghai_riot_over_COVID_restrictions%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Apple workers in Shanghai riot over COVID restrictions&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Factory workers at a Shanghai facility that makes <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le products rioted on Thursday, clashing with guards in hazmat suits and jumping across security barriers in an apparent mutiny against strict coronavirus restrictions, dramatic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> video shows.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> comes more than a month into a citywide lockdown in Shanghai that has seen desperate residents confined to their apartments \u2014 some without adequate food \u2014 as police patrol the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, many Shanghai facilities including the Apple factory have sought to keep operating during the lockdown though a \u201cclosed loop\u201d production system. Under this system, employees are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly banned from leaving company facilities even during off hours and are forced to live and sleep in the factory or at a nearby dormitory. They are not allowed to see other people, including their own family members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the Apple production plant, which is run by Taiwanese company Quanta Computer and makes MacBook laptops, employees had been suddenly banned from returning to their dormitory area during off-duty hours due to coronavirus restrictions, Taiwanese newspaper <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/udn.com\/news\/story\/7240\/6292649\">UDN reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apple-factory-workers-riot-2-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"workers storm barricades \" class=\"wp-image-22165883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apple-factory-workers-riot-2-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apple-factory-workers-riot-2-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apple-factory-workers-riot-2-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Workers stormed security barricades in videos shared on social media. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/@RFA_Chinese<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Video shared online by US government-backed news service Radio Free Asia showed hundreds of angry workers in white shirts yelling and hopping barricades as overwhelmed guards in hazmat suits tried to stop them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another section of the video shows a woman hitting and screaming at a man as the man tries to choke another person. It\u2019s unclear whether any of the people involved in that confrontation were guards, but the person who was being choked appeared to be wearing a workers\u2019 uniform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zh\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u7591\u4e0d\u6ee1\u300c\u95ed\u73af\u751f\u4ea7\u300d\u9632\u75ab\u592a\u4e25\u3011<br \/>\u3010\u5e7f\u8fbe\u4e0a\u6d77\u5382\u60ca\u4f20\u5458\u5de5\u300c\u66b4\u52a8\u300d\u3011<br \/>\u521a\u5c40\u90e8\u590d\u5de5\u7684\u4e0a\u6d77\u5e7f\u8fbe\u5b50\u516c\u53f8\u4e0a\u6d77\u8fbe\u4e30\u7535\u5b50\u5468\u56db\uff085\u65e5\uff09\u665a\u53d1\u751f\u5458\u5de5\u300c\u66b4\u52a8\u300d\u3002\u5f71\u7247\u6240\u89c1\uff0c\u6570\u767e\u540d\u5e74\u8f7b\u5458\u5de5\u4e0d\u542c\u6307\u6325\uff0c\u7eb7\u7eb7\u8df3\u8fc7\u95e8\u53e3\u95f8\u95e8\u8dd1\u5f00\uff0c\u96c6\u4f53\u51b2\u51fa\u5c01\u9501\u7ebf\u4e0e\u8b66\u536b\u53d1\u751f\u51b2\u7a81\u3002\u636e\u6089\u5458\u5de5\u56e0\u4e0d\u6ee1\u75ab\u60c5\u9632\u63a7\uff0c\u6b32\u5916\u51fa\u8d2d\u4e70\u6c11\u751f\u7269\u8d44\u3002 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3GpeBjHqG3\">pic.twitter.com\/3GpeBjHqG3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u81ea\u7531\u4e9a\u6d32\u7535\u53f0 (@RFA_Chinese) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RFA_Chinese\/status\/1522492516402032641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Apple and Quanta Computer did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous plant employees <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/workers-at-apple-china-plant-clash-with-guards-over-lockdowns-1.1762020\">confirmed to Bloomberg<\/a> that the clash had occurred, adding that employees were tired and frustrated with the coronavirus restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 50% of Quanta\u2019s revenue comes from assembling MacBooks and other products for Apple, according to Bloomberg. The company also reportedly works for Microsoft, HP and Dell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apple-macbooks-laptop-computers.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"MacBook \" class=\"wp-image-22165886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apple-macbooks-laptop-computers.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apple-macbooks-laptop-computers.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apple-macbooks-laptop-computers.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Quanta Computer makes MacBook laptops and other devices for Apple. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is far from the first time factories making Apple products have been accused of maintaining brutal working conditions. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>In December, 159 women working at an iPhone production plant in India were hospitalized for food poisoning, sparking a rare worker protest. <\/p>\n<p>A subsequent Reuters investigation revealed that workers at the factory had to survive off worm-infested food while living in rat-filled dorms without running water. Workers said they were forced to sleep on the floor in dormitories, with up to 30 women sleeping in a single room. At least one of the dorms had toilets with no running water, the workers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The women making iPhones \u2014 many which retail for more than $1,000 \u2014 were paid roughly $4.67 per day and were forced to reimburse a contractor for housing and food while working at the plant, according to the report.   <\/p>\n<p>After the report was published, Apple put the Foxconn-run facility \u201con probation\u201d and said it will not be reopened until it meets its \u201cstrict standards.\u201d\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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