Foxconn denies China iPhone plant hit by strike

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Foxconn, the Taiwanese made-to-order electronics giant that assembles Apple Inc's products, denied reports that a plant in China was crippled by a strike, saying on Saturday that its production is on schedule at an important time for Apple.

The report of a strike issued by China Labor Watch, a New York-based advocacy group, came weeks after Apple kicked off its largest-ever global rollout for the new iPhone 5 smartphone.

Apple is already struggling with tight availability of the phones in stores, analysts say.

The labour group said 3,000 to 4,000 workers struck at Foxconn's Zhengzhou complex in central China on Friday afternoon, angered by over-exacting quality controls as well as demands they work through the week-long National Day holidays, which began on Monday.

But Foxconn Technology Group, which has its headquarters in Taiwan, denied the report and said the plant suffered only two brief and small disputes several days earlier.

"Any reports that there has been an employee strike are inaccurate," the company said in an emailed statement.

Foxconn also said that employees who worked over China's National Day break did so voluntarily and were paid three times their usual hourly compensation, as demanded by law.