Coverage dated November 22, 2022

Workers protest, beaten at virus-hit Chinese iPhone factory

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

Videos and postings on Chinese social media say workers at the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls. Videos

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    Protesting workers beaten by police at Chinese iPhone factory (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Police beat workers protesting over a pay dispute at the biggest factory for Apple’s iPhone, whose new model is delayed by controls imposed as China tries to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Workers beaten, detained amid 'zero-COVID' protests at Chinese iPhone factory (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Videos and postings on Chinese social media say workers at the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls.

  3. WFMZ Allentown

    Workers protest, beaten at virus-hit Chinese iPhone factory (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Videos and postings on Chinese social media say workers at the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls. Videos

  4. Digital Journal

    Violent protests at largest iPhone factory in China (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in central China over Covid restrictions at the plant.

  5. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Protests Erupt at World's Largest iPhone Factory as China Tightens COVID-19 Controls (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Videos and postings on Chinese social media say employees at the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls.

  6. Tulsa World

    Reports: Workers protest at virus-hit China iPhone factory (opens Tulsa World)

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    Tulsa World's feed description

    Videos and postings on Chinese social media say employees at the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls. Videos

  7. The Guardian

    Protests break out at Covid-hit iPhone factory in China (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Social media videos showed large crowds clashing with hazmat-suited officials amid rising worker discontent at the Foxconn plant

  8. FOX 6 Milwaukee

    Workers at virus-hit iPhone factory in China beaten, detained after protests (opens FOX 6 Milwaukee)

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    FOX 6 Milwaukee's feed description

    Videos and postings on Chinese social media showed people in masks confronting police. One person was hit in the head with a club and another was taken away with his arms held behind his back.

  9. WTOP Washington DC

    Reports: Employees at Chinese iPhone factory protest (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    BEIJING (AP) — Employees at the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls, according to employees and videos posted…

  10. The Diplomat

    Protesting Workers Beaten at Chinese iPhone Factory (opens The Diplomat)

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    The Diplomat's feed description

    New workers at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou are protesting that the company changed the terms of their work agreements.

  11. FOX Business

    WATCH: Violent protests at Apple's main iPhone factory in China over COVID policy, alleged lack of payment (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Workers at the Zhengzhou plant claimed that management forced them to live with COVID-positive employees and planned to cut payments in a breech of contract.

  12. The Washington Free Beacon

    iPhone Plant in China Rocked by Worker Unrest (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The Washington Free Beacon's feed description

    SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters)—Hundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China, with some men smashing surveillance cameras and windows, footage uploaded on social media showed.

  13. NBC News

    Violent protests take place near an iPhone factory in China (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Footage taken near a Foxconn factory in the streets of the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone showed large groups of people blocked roads during their protest.

  14. Breitbart News

    China: Coronavirus Lockdown Riot Shuts Down World's Largest iPhone Factory (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Workers riot against coronavirus lockdowns at the massive Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, the largest assembler of Apple iPhones.

  15. France 24

    Violent protests break out at China’s largest iPhone factory (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in central China, as workers clashed with security personnel over pay and living conditions at the plant.

  16. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Violent protests erupt at Apple's main iPhone plant in China (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Hundreds of workers at Apple's main iPhone-making plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled over after almost a month under tough restrictions intended to quash a Covid

  17. Engadget

    Protests break out at a major iPhone factory in China (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    Foxconn's largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China has been hit by worker protests including violent confrontations with supervisors and police..

  18. Newsweek

    iPhone factory workers clash with China's riot police over COVID fears (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Hundreds to thousands of new workers were brought in to fill assembly lines after a COVID-19 outbreak caused an exodus at Apple's largest iPhone plant.

  19. CBS News

    Workers at Apple iPhone factory in China beaten in COVID protest (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Employees at the world's biggest iPhone plant have complained about unsafe working conditions following virus outbreak.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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