Foxconn suicides - Wikipedia
The Foxconn suicides were a spate of suicides linked to low pay and brutal working conditions at the Foxconn City industrial park in Shenzhen, China, that occurred alongside several additional suicides at various other Foxconn-owned locations and facilities in mainland China. [1]
1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who's to Blame?
Feb 28, 2011 · Since Foxconn installed nets on all buildings at its Shenzhen campus, the suicide rate among employees has declined dramatically. Photo: Tony Law
Chinese workers threaten suicide at Foxconn: Not 'why', but 'is ... - ZDNET
Jan 10, 2012 · Foxconn installed suicide nets at their factory last year, and workers in Chengdu are required to sign a "no suicide" pact in their contracts.
What happened after the Foxconn suicides - CBS News
Aug 7, 2013 · Working as a team to protect themselves and their interviewees, Jenny Chan and her colleagues interviewed Tian Yu, a 17-year-old-girl who had attempted suicide after her first month at...
By the Numbers: Life and Death at Foxconn — ProPublica
Jan 27, 2012 · 17: Number of reported suicides of Foxconn workers in China between 2007 and February 2011, according to Wired. Eleven workers died after jumping off buildings in the Foxconn Campus in...
Foxconn Rallies Workers, Leaves Suicide Nets in Place (Updated)
Aug 18, 2010 · So far this year, 12 Foxconn employees have committed suicide, with the latest occurring on Aug. 4, when a 22-year-old female employee leapt to her death from her company-provided dormitory.
Foxconn hit by 10th jumping death; nets installed | Reuters
May 27, 2010 · An employee of iPhone-maker Foxconn <2038.HK> jumped to his death late on Wednesday, state media reported, the tenth suspected suicide this year at the high-tech firm's huge production base in...
Life inside the Foxconn 'suicide factory' - The Week
Jan 8, 2015 · Just weeks before Apple officially announces its next-generation iPhone 4G, the Foxconn factory in China, which produces the iPhone and iPad, has come under fire for a wave of worker suicides....
I promise not to kill myself: Apple factory workers 'asked to …
May 26, 2010 · Foxconn is taking bizarre action to try to prevent further suicides -- by getting staff to sign a letter promising not to kill themselves, according to Taiwan's CTI cable TV channel.
Foxconn Resolves Dispute With Workers Who Threatened Suicide
Jan 12, 2012 · Earlier this month, a group Chinese workers at Foxconn spent two days on the roof of one of the companies factories in central China. As The Telegraph reported, the workers were threatening to...