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Foxconn worker from Chengdu factory commits suicide

by Dana Franklin (May 27th, 2011)

Sadly, a 20-year-old male employee at Foxconn (Apple's contract manufacturer for many products) committed suicide Thursday morning, according to a report from the Hong Kong China News Agency (HKCNA) cited by Bloomberg. The worker was reportedly employed at the company's new facility in Chengdu ...

Foxconn employees asked to sign 'no suicide' pledge

by Chris Ward (May 5th, 2011)

English tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail is reporting that employees working for Foxconn, assembler of many Apple products, are being forced to sign pledges not to commit suicide. The report from the tabloid paper points to an investigation conducted by the Centre for Research on Multinational ...

Foxconn denies Apple subsidizing wages

by Mel Martin (Jul 16th, 2010)

Some rumors from last May that Apple was paying a part of the salary of workers in the Foxconn assembly plant have been denied by the giant Taiwan electronics company. A report in DigiTimes today quotes a Foxconn executive as saying the "rumor is purely speculation and Foxconn has never received ...

Rumor: Apple paying Foxconn workers directly

by Mike Schramm (Jun 1st, 2010)

After all of the trouble last week at Foxconn, the Chinese factory suffering from worker suicides, rumor has it that Apple is stepping up to increase wages at the plant by paying workers directly. A Chinese website claims that Apple may eventually pay workers as a percentage of product sales, ...

More concerns over suicides at Foxconn

by Mike Schramm (May 28th, 2010)

There was more bad news out of China this week -- manufacturer Foxconn (who makes quite a few parts for Apple devices) has been dealing with a rash of employee suicides, as low pay and long hours on the workers seems to be taking their toll. Yesterday, another worker reportedly tried to take his own ...

Another death at Foxconn, CEO makes statement

by Mike Schramm (May 26th, 2010)

Looks like Foxconn's troubles are far from over -- hiring an exorcist must not have worked, because another worker jumped to their death last week. That's the 10th such employee death at the plant where many of Apple's parts are manufactured. Foxconn's CEO made a statement earlier this week saying ...