Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has been on the receiving end of continued criticism over its factories’ labor conditions for years. But on Thursday, the company’s CEO let loose his outrage over the complaints.

“Our workers very much love to work at this company,” Terry Gou said. “If I put out a recruitment poster, crowds of people will come. We’re not afraid that we can’t hire workers.”

Gou made the comments at Foxconn’s annual shareholders’ meeting at the company’s headquarters in Taipei. A few hours earlier, outside the building, a small group of representatives of labor protection groups from Taiwan and Hong Kong had protested.

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