Foxconn workers reportedly walk off iPhone 5 production lines

Multiple iPhone 5 production lines were "in a state of paralysis" after as many as 4,000 workers walked off the job at a factory in China, according to a labor group.

A strike occurred at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou at 1 p.m. Beijing time Oct 5 because workers were forced to work during a holiday, China Labor Watch said. The organization also reported that Foxconn raised demands on product quality without providing proper training, so workers turned out products that didn't meet standards; that "ultimately put a tremendous amount of pressure on workers." China Labor Watch said 3,000 to 4,000 people walked off the job, most of them workers from the on-site quality control line. Quality control inspectors were reportedly "beat up multiple times by workers" during several fights that led to hospitalizations, the organization said.