The Poetry and Brief Life of a Foxconn Worker
Taiwanese manufacturing contractor Foxconn—a firm responsible for assembling as much as 40% of...
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On the Rooftops of Foxconn (Updated)
Last week, workers at a Foxconn Technology Group campus in Wuhan gathered on the factory roof to protest poor working conditions. Foxconn manufactures products for leaders in the world of hi-tech gadgetry, including Apple, Sony,...
Suicide as Protest for the New Generation of Chinese Migrant Workers: Foxconn, Global Capital, and the State (Updated)
Japan Focus has an article looking at the recent spate of worker suicides at the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen as a form of protest against the “global labor regime.” From the abstract: A startling 13 young workers...
After Suicides, Scrutiny of China’s Grim Factories
The New York Times looks at working conditions for China’s migrant laborers in the wake of the the Foxconn suicides: The rash of suicides has intensified scrutiny of the working and living conditions at Foxconn, the...
Censors and Netizens Respond to Foxconn Suicides
The recent suicides at the Foxconn factory have become the focus of attention for the media and netizens in China. In response, the government has repeatedly issued directives limiting reporting on the topic to the media and...
China: Showing the Strain
The Financial Times looks at living and working conditions at Foxconn and other factories in southern China in the wake of the recent suicides: International controversy over working conditions in the south is nothing new....
Han Han (韩寒): The Bloom of Youth
China Elections and Governance has translated Han Han’s latest blog post about the Foxconn suicides and the lives of young migrant workers: In his old job, my first friend worked three shifts. The factory was too far away,...
Another Attempted Suicide at Foxconn; Company and China Look for Answers (Updated)
Another worker from Foxconn reportedly tried to kill himself today, bringing the total number of suicide attempts at the company to 13 this year. (Rumors of more suicides are spreading on the Internet. See chinaSMACK and...
Another Foxconn Employee Jumps to his Death
Yet another Foxconn employee jumped to his death today just after CEO Terry Gou brought the media an a tour of the facilities. From RTHK via Shanghaiist: The twelfth employee to jump from Foxconn’s Shenzhen plant this year...
Latest Foxconn Suicide Raises Concern Over Factory Life in China
The Guardian looks at the recent spate of apparent suicides of workers at the Foxconn manufacturing plants in China: Foxconn has expressed sorrow over the seven deaths, all involving workers aged between 18 and 24, and two...
Hon Hai Group Says Worker in China Found Dead After Fall
A worker for Hon Hai manufacturing has fallen to his death, just days after another worker killed herself, becoming the sixth suicide among Hon Hai workers this year. From Bloomberg: The employee, identified only as Liang, fell...
Hon Hai Group Says Worker in China Committed Suicide
A worker for the Hon Hai manufacturing company, or Foxconn, has jumped to her death, making her the sixth employee of the company to commit suicide this year. Hon Hai is the world’s largest manufacturer of electronics and...
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