Foxconn refutes ’sweatshop’ allegation after employee suicides
May 25th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANSTaipei, May 25 (IANS) Electronic giant Foxconn president Terry Gou has denied claims that the company is a “sweatshop” for its workers after a string of suicides by its employees.
On Tuesday, an employee died after falling from a company’s building in China’s Shenzhen province, Xinhua reported. It was the ninth such death at the plant this year.
Earlier, two more Foxconn employees were seriously injured in failed suicide attempts.
In his first public comments, Gou promised to tackle the situation. He made the comments at a forum on economic cooperation in Taipei.
The company’s management has been criticised in the wake of the suicides.
Foxconn is part of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., which makes computers, game consoles and mobile phones for companies like Hewlett-Packard, Sony Corp and Nokia Corp.
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