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The 2010 suicides prompted 20 Chinese universities to compile an 83-page report on Foxconn, which they described as a "labor camp". Interviews of 1,800 Foxconn workers at 12 factories found evidence of illegal overtime and failure to report accidents. The report also criticized Foxconn's management style, which it called inhumane and abusive. [34]
The Foxconn factory (鸿富锦成都厂) where the incident took place is located at Pi County Hongguang (红光镇) with a total of about 52 production lines. [2] In 2010 chairman Terry Gou referred to this area as the "Chengdu speed"(成都速度), a new development hub that Foxconn would centralise and turn Chengdu into the PRC's number one investment destination within five years.
Foxconn's 2Q24 revenue was NT$1.551 trillion (US$31.17 billion). [13] Circuits Assembly magazine named Foxconn the largest electronics manufacturing services company in the world for the 14th straight year. [14]
Even with the reported 13 suicides, Foxconn has over 800,000 workers, which means the company's suicide rate is below the national average in China, and China is number 26 on the worldwide list.
Last year, the watchdog asked India's federal labor department to look into reports of harsh working conditions at an Amazon warehouse near New Delhi. Amazon subsequently said it conducted an ...
Foxconn, the Chinese contract manufacturer that probably pieced together your new iPhone or iPad, has come under fire on ABC this week. In a segment Apple Manufacturer Foxconn Is Under Fire Again
In 2009 and 2010, the Foxconn factories at the Foxconn City industrial park in Longhua, Shenzhen, China, [17] were heavily criticized in the press, with one source describing conditions as a "white collar prison". [18] In 2009, Foxconn guards were videotaped beating employees. [19]
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