The strike, which was disputed by Foxconn, occurred 5 October at the Zhengzhou factory after workers were made to work over the National Day public holiday and "overly strict demands on product quality" were demanded without additional staff training. Apparently Apple raised the bar after customer complaints that devices were scratched.

The result? Sub-par products that resulted in a "tremendous amount of pressure on workers", according to not-for-profit China Labour Watch , and workers attacking quality control staff as a consequence, with some being hospitalised this was verified by a government spokesperson who spoke to the Xinhua news agency.

The strike occurred after inspectors were threatened with violence, and management ignored the issue. The China Labour Watch appears to blame "design defects", and says that the extreme quality control measures included unreasonable requests: "indentations standards of 0. According to a Foxconn spokesperson, the dispute was soon "resolved"; according to China Labour Watch executive director Li Qiang, the workers returned after being told they'd be fired -- the labour organsiation's statement read: "On the second day, the factory announced that anyone who is absent from work will be fired immediately.

Most of the workers went back to work. Some of the workers left the factory. Apple is under production pressure ahead of the holiday season following news that it could have potentially sold double the five million iPhone 5 handsets it pushed over the first sales weekend, had it not been for "supply constraints". This led to workers turning out products that did not meet standards, and ultimately put a tremendous amount of pressure on workers," China Labor Watch said in a statement.

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The organisation said the new quality demands led to workers turning out products that did not meet production standard, placing "a tremendous amount of pressure on workers". Factory management turned a deaf ear to complaints about these conflicts and took no corrective measures. The majority of Foxconn employees taking part in the strike worked on the "onsite quality control line", according to China Labor Watch. It said the strike meant iPhone 5 production lines were "in a state of paralysis for the entire day".

The organisation said Apple was involved in some of the reasons for the dispute, pressing ahead with production demands despite design problems. The new quality demands included "indentations standards of 0. The latest in human-robot research is a handheld robot that is designed to try and frustrate its human counterpart in a bid to develop robotic cooperation. Finally, the esports battleground is safer and fairer for everyone. Finally, the esports industry has something of a universal code of conduct when it comes to fair play and fun.

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