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    Blackmail your boss with multiple suicides*

    Suicide-hit Foxconn factory to increase wages



    The owner of a Chinese electronics factory where several employees have committed suicide is to increase wages by 20%.

    Taiwan's Foxconn Technology, which owns the factory in Shenzen on the Chinese mainland, announced the move on Friday, in an apparent attempt to boost morale.

    On Thursday, another suspected suicide took place at the plant, which would be the 10th suicide there this year.

    The plant makes electronics for companies including Apple and Dell.

    Two other customers of the plant - Nokia and Sony - have added their concerns over the suicides, while local media have questioned working conditions at the plant.

    Three more employees have attempted suicide at the factory, and another suicide has been reported in a separate Foxconn factory in the north of China.
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    We work six days a week with one day off and every day we work two hours overtime

    Foxconn voices: 'It's like a prison'

    Entry-level workers earn about 900 yuan (£90; $132) a month at the Shenzen factory, where Foxconn employs more than 400,000 people.

    It is the world's biggest contracted supplier of electronics, manufacturing well-known products including Apple's iPhone.

    Both the company and Chinese authorities appear anxious to offset some of the negative attention caused by the suicides, with Chinese newspapers told to tone down their reporting of the incidents.

    Meanwhile the chairman of Foxconn, Terry Gou, led media on a tour of the factory and promised to do more to prevent further deaths.
    The owner of a Chinese electronics factory where several employees have committed suicide is to increase wages by 20%.


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    I'm surprised PrAsher didn't report how deadly working for Apple is
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  • #2
    I didn't because it's too easy to counter-troll. Foxconn makes **** for everyone, including the biggest PC makers.

    They have 800,000 employees.
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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    • #3
      They're not being exploited, because they wouldn't be there if they had a better alternative.

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      • #4
        That is true. Duh.
        12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
        Stadtluft Macht Frei
        Killing it is the new killing it
        Ultima Ratio Regum

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        • #5
          What are the normal suicide rates?
          No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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          • #6
            Slightly higher than in that factory I've read elsewhere.
            Contraria sunt Complementa. -- Niels Bohr
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            • #7
              Originally posted by BeBro View Post
              I'm surprised PrAsher didn't report how deadly working for Apple is
              I posted this in the Iphone thread.
              Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Maniac View Post
                Slightly higher than in that factory I've read elsewhere.
                There we go. Sweatshops save lives.
                12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                Stadtluft Macht Frei
                Killing it is the new killing it
                Ultima Ratio Regum

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                • #9
                  I feel such a philanthrope.
                  Contraria sunt Complementa. -- Niels Bohr
                  Mods: SMAniaC (SMAC) & Planetfall (Civ4)

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                  • #10
                    At least they aren't "attempted suicides"... it's good to know you are hiring successes
                    Monkey!!!

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