Foxconn has had to close down a factory in Taiyuan, China, which employs 79,000 people after a massive brawl broke out amongst 2,000 of its workers. Bloomberg is reporting that the fight left 40 people hospitalized and some employees arrested. More »
Apple CEO and fleece jacket advocate Tim Cook is in China, and decided to swing by the factory that cranks out our pads and phones. Maybe it's just all the n-hexane in the air, but things look cheery! Extra rations! More »
Foxconn has sent us more details about the May 20th explosion at Foxconn's Chengdu factory, saying that a third employee had died in the accident. The explosion is still under investigation but they suspect it "was caused by an explosion of combustible dust in a duct". More »
It comes as no surprise that someone would want to leak the independently-produced report on Foxconn's treatment of its workers, but the contents are bloody appalling. Apparently 1,736 workers were surveyed, with stories of overtime and even violence. More »
According to reports, a Foxconn intern has fallen to his death from a dormitory roof. The 18-year-old was with the company for about a month so far and appears to have been hired for a temporary summer gig. More »
Well-respected Chinese site Zol, owned by CNET's parent company CBS Interactive, has published a report claiming that Apple will be providing financial subsidies to Foxconn's workers, helping boost their current monthly salary of roughly $130 each. More »
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There are scattered reports of a fire at the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen. It sounds like the company attempted to keep news of the incident silent, but supposedly some reporters who happened to be outside the facility spotted the firetrucks. More »
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While we recently published news of the 12th Foxconn employee to attempt a suicide, and then immediately updated the story with new of a 13th jumper, those reports are already dated. More »
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