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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]
Apple (AAPL) is closely monitoring the situation at a massive Foxconn factory complex in China where 10 workers have committed suicide so far this year. Speaking at a tech conference in California ...
Reports emerged of questionable labour practices at Foxconn factories, [8] and a number of other suicides occurred in 2010. Foxconn announced that workers with a monthly wage of 900 RMB ($131.77 at the time) would immediately receive a 30% increase, to 1200 RMB, with a spokesman stating that "It's been a while since we increased wages, hence ...
Yet another Foxconn worker has died in an apparent suicide Friday at the company's Shenzhen manufacturing plant, raising the death toll to at least 14 this year, despite promises by the company it ...
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.
Later in April 2010, four workers committed suicide in a single month in the same factory, signifying the beginning of the 2010 "Foxconn suicides" incident. [27] By May 2010, 12 workers had committed suicide at Foxconn's operations in China - although the number of suicides was lower than the general suicide rate in China. [28]
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