Foxconn’s Shenzen factory to increase wages by 20% in light of employee suicides
May 29th, 2010 - 1:05 am ICT by BNO NewsSHENZEN, CHINA (BNO NEWS) – Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology company announced on Friday that they will boost wages by 20% in light of the several recent employee suicides.
Another suicide took place at the plant in Shenzen, China, where the factory is located, which would be the tenth suicide at the plant this year. Foxconn makes electronics for numerous popular electronics companies such as Apple and Dell.
Two other customers of the plant, Nokia and Sony, have expressed serious concern over the conditions of the workers and the suicides.
Three more employees have attempted suicide at the factory, and another was reported in a separate Foxconn factory in north China.
Entry-level factory workers earn the equivalent of $132 a month at the Shenzen factory, where Foxconn employs more than 400,000 people. It’s the world’s largest contracted manufacturer of electronics, producing well-known products including Apple’s iPhone.
Chinese authorities are uneasy about the negative press coverage surrounding the factory, and have gone as far as to request local news papers to tone down their reporting of the incidents.
The chairman of Foxconn, Terry Gou, led media on a tour of the factory, and ensured that he would do everything possible to prevent further deaths.
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- Foxconn to shift some plants in China - Jul 08, 2010
- No compensation if staff commits suicide: Foxconn - Jun 09, 2010
- Foxconn workers rally to boost morale - Aug 19, 2010
- Foxconn staff in China get 66 percent pay hike - Oct 02, 2010
- Foxconn denies accusations of illegal working conditions in China - Oct 12, 2010
- Woman commits suicide at China Foxconn plant - Nov 25, 2011
- Eleventh Suicide In A Year In Chinese Factory - May 27, 2010
- 2 dead, 16 injured after explosion in Foxconn factory in southwest China - May 21, 2011
- Another Foxconn worker falls to death in China - Nov 05, 2010
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