4,000 Foxconn workers on strike over iPhone 5 quality control measures

Here's a crazy idea.<p>A hedge fund puts a couple billion dollar short on Apple, and then pays 20,000 Foxconn workers $5,000 each to take the month off from tomorrow and go somewhere else. That's a $100m outlay for a vastly higher profit.<p>It's not a serious suggestion but it's feasible. It's an interesting situation - an extremely highly valued company underpinned by extremely cheap labour.

Foxconn denied the report this morning. This article is referencing a release from yesterday.<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/business/foxconn-denies-report-of-unrest-at-iphone-factory.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/business/foxconn-denies-re...</a>

Who is China Labor Watch and who are they funded by?

I don't mean to justify Apple's policies with regards to Foxconn, but Apple delivers its products on time, on a massive scale. Contrast this with Lenovo, who released a Macbook Air copycat in August, the X1 Carbon. I ordered it as soon as it came out, and it still has not shipped.

Foxconn has multiple plants with more than 200k workers. 4k workers on strike must be a small enough thing for them.

<i>“It was reported that factory management and Apple, despite design defects, raised strict quality demands on workers, including indentations standards of 0.02mm and demands related to scratches on frames and back covers"</i><p>It seems like a few cracks are showing the ole' Apple's armor.

good marketing for Apple :)