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Watchdog group cites ‘deplorable’ abuse at Apple’s China suppliers
A labour rights group said Thursday it had found “deplorable” conditions at Apple suppliers in China, following a probe of several firms that make the US technology giant’s hugely popular products. New York-based China Labor Watch said a four-month investigation of 10 suppliers to Apple in southern and eastern China…
Foxconn worker falls to death in China
A Foxconn worker fell to his death in China, the company which assembles products for Apple said Thursday, following a series of fatalities that sparked concern about conditions at its plants. The 23-year-old, identified only by his surname Xie, fell from his rented apartment in the southwest Chinese city of…
Apple’s Chinese iPhone plants force student ‘internships’: rights group
Students told to man production lines at Foxconn if they want to graduate, says Hong Kong-based nonprofit. Apple’s factories in China are employing tens of thousands of students, some of them on forced internships, according to campaigners lobbying for better labour conditions at Foxconn plants, which assemble iPhones. Some students…
Apple manufacturer Foxconn promises to cut hours, raise wages
Workers at Foxconn, the massive factory complex in China that supplies U.S. tech giant Apple and dozens of other titans of electronic industry, will soon see reduced hours, higher wages and improved working conditions according to a company statement in response to a devastating new report by the Fair Labor…
Apple gadget maker has ‘significant’ labor issues: audit
WASHINGTON — Workplace abuses were uncovered in an audit that equated to “a full body scan” of three Chinese factories pumping out coveted Apple gadgets, independent investigators reported on Thursday. Employees at each of the factories had exceeded a work-week limit of 76 hours set by Chinese law and, in…
Foxconn plans to increase their workers’ salaries
Foxconn, the Taiwanese company manufacturing products for prominent tech companies including Apple, is responding to major criticism for the harsh treatment of its employees by saying they will raise their salaries. According to The New York Times, Foxconn announced Saturday it would increase their workers pay from 16 to 25…
Protest succeeds: Apple seeks audit of Chinese labor conditions
Technology giant Apple, Inc. said Monday it was asking the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to investigate working conditions at Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, essentially caving to the demands of protesters who delivered over 250,000 petition signatures to the company last week. Foxconn, which hires over 1 million Chinese workers, has…
iPhone maker Foxconn hacked by mysterious ‘Swagg Security’ group
A mysterious new group of hackers calling themselves “Swagg Security” claimed this week that they had hacked iPhone and Xbox 360 manufacturer Foxconn, a Chinese factory complex known for its harsh working conditions. The hackers were able to gain access to every single employee’s secure network credentials, publishing them online…
Foxconn to ‘lay off 600 people’ in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA — Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn will lay off 600 people in its Slovak plant where it makes LCD televisions for Sony due to low demand, Slovak business daily Hospodarske noviny reported on Monday. “The unfavourable situation in the LCD television sector in the global and European markets has had…
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