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The Fair Labor Association audit in 2012 used interviews with 35,000 Foxconn employees. [142] In January 2012, about 150 Foxconn employees threatened to commit a mass suicide in protest of their working conditions. [147] One worker said the protest resulted from 600 workers being moved into a new "unbearable" factory location. [148]
Terry Gou (Chinese: 郭台銘; pinyin: Guō Táimíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koeh Tâi-bêng; born 18 October 1950) is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and politician. Gou is the founder and former chairman and chief executive officer of Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics. [1]
In 2009 Sun Danyong, an employee of electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group, committed suicide. [7] 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 ...
Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple supplier Foxconn, resigned as a company board member, the Taiwanese company said on Saturday, less than a week after announcing a bid to be the ...
Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple supplier Foxconn, withdrew from the race to become Taiwan’s next president on Friday, just hours before the deadline to formally register as a ...
Foxconn founder Terry Gou enters a crowded race to replace outgoing Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen, pledging improved ties with China and greater economic growth.
Foxconn informed the writers that they were taking extra steps for the future; which included safety netting and more help hotlines for employees to be able to call. [39] The chairman of Foxconn, Terry Gou, made the following statement at a press conference focused on the controversy: "We are certainly not running a sweatshop. We are confident ...
Foxconn is facing a tax probe in China, two sources close to the company said on Monday, confirming a report in China's state-backed Global Times. Taiwan frontrunner assails China as Foxconn probe ...