Foxconn’s Sriperumbudur plant was re-opened on Wednesday with about 100 workers, nearly a month after it was shut down after employees protested against a food poisoning episode that laid low several workers and lack of facilities at the dormitories provided by the management. According to sources, the employees would now undergo training for a few days and resumption of production would take some more time.
On Wednesday, there was constant flow of vehicles and people, including those from Taiwan, at the plant.
Meanwhile, Foxconn is upgrading its dormitories. One of the dormitories in Kancheepuram is now ready and workers have been accommodated.
The Hindu visited the other dormitory at Thriveni Nagar, Vadakkupattu, Singaperumal Koil, and Kancheepuram where the renovation work was under way. Earlier, about 800 workers were accommodated in the facility.
An official at the facility said the work would be completed in two weeks and it had 180 rooms each measuring 400 sq. ft. to accommodate six persons.
He said bunker beds would be provided in each room along with hot water and most employees were expected to return after the Pongal holidays.
Foxconn plant makes iPhones and employs 15,000 people of which a majority are women. Lack of adequate space, substandard food, non-availability of basic amenities at the dormitories were among the key concerns raised by the workers.
