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Keeping up with the demand for Apple's iPhone 5 continues to create problems for the workers in China's Foxconn factories who make them.

A news release from the human rights group China Labor Watch reported that at 1PM today Beijing time, approximately 3,000 to 4,000 workers at the Foxconn factory in ZXhengzhou went on strike, in response to increasing pressure to meet quality demands that were so strict "employees could not even turn out iPhones that met the standard."

The release states, "...This led to a tremendous amount of pressure on workers. On top of this, they were not permitted to have a vacation during the holiday. This combination of factors led to the strike," CNET reported.

According to the report, the new standards were implemented to address issues related to scratching and other blemishes on the iPhone 5 casing.

On September 24, Reuters reported that Foxconn shut down one of its iPhone factories in Taijuan after 2,000 rioted and 40 were taken to the hospital; it was one of a string of violent incidents at Foxconn factories. The article also stated that individuals had posted online that guards provoked the riot by beating a worker nearly to death.

Foxconn is the one of the world's leading electronics supplier and China's largest private employer.

There is currently a three to four week waiting time for the iPhone 5.

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