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Some Apple Factories in China Still Treat Workers “Like Slaves” (Updated)
iPhone 6S, iPad Pro (or iPad Plus) and all-new Apple Tv. We wait such new products from Apple. But, we understand “How Much”. According to SACOM (Student & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior), a Hong-Kong watchdog group, accused three of Apple’s Chinese suppliers of inhumane worker conditions. The three suppliers — Foxlink (produce connectors and cable),…
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iPhone 7 – How It’s Made. Why Foxconn Worker Hates Making iPhones
iPhone 7 coming in 2015. A you ready for life without iPhone 7? or All-New iPad Air 3? Maybe without Apple Watch? Ha ha.Here’s the question, will the launch of the new iPad puts a new pressure to Foxconn workers? Well, a Foxconn worker who is working on the new iPad assembly line thinks it’s…
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The Inside Story of the New Foxconn’s Chengdu Factory
Foxconn was plagued by a string of worker suicides at the factory in Shenzhen last year, prompting the company to raise up workers’ salaries. Eventually, Foxconn planned to shift the manufacture lines to other province of China, in order to increase the production level.The city of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan, is located at the…
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iPhone 5 Production Line Suffered Damage and Foxconn Factory Needs toShut Down for 3 Days (UPDATED)
Things just cant get any better for Foxconn in China. We have exclusive news on a riot breaking out at Foxconn’s Taiyuan plant, the main location where 57 million units of iPhone 5 need to built for each year. 2,000 workers were involved in the mass brawl at the factory, and 5,000 police officers were…
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Thousands Queue for Foxconn Summer Jobs Ahead of Possible ‘iPad mini’ Production
Heavy rains have battered Chengdu over the past few days, but this won’t stop young jobseekers lining up for Foxconn summer jobs at the Foxconn plant in Chengdu. Thousands of people were lining up, and they were armed with rain gear and umbrellas, standing out in the rain just for a chance to audition. More…
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More Holidays For Foxconn Workers Due to Weak Sales of New iPad
With all the controversy about working conditions in Foxconn, we thought it might be a good time to relate some of the workers’ experiences inside the manufacturing plants. China Business News reports on an interview that it did with a Foxconn worker called Wang Xiaoqiao (not his real name), and Wang reveals that employees who…
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Thousands Line Up For Foxconn’s Jobs in Zhengzhou
On the 30th of January, thousands of hopefuls stood for hours outside a labor agency located in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, the largest city of Henan province in north-central China. The lines stretched more than 200 meters along the road, and the people who were waiting in line with their applications just hope to…
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New Suicide From Foxconn, Worker Jumped Because Of Insult
Oh my god. 2011 has arrived and the Foxconn suicide cluster still continues. Today’s latest news is from the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen. A female engineer, Wang Ling, jumped from her brother’s 10th-floor flat, not from the dormitory in the factory. Due to her mental state problems, Foxconn could not let her carry on working…
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Foxconn Suicide Returns, Another Foxconn Employee Falls to Death
Oh my god. Today morning, another employee of Foxconn leapt to his/her death. This happened at one of Foxconn’s manufacturing facilities in the southern Chinese manufacturing hub of Shenzhen. The death was confirmed by the municipal government. No further information was immediately available. We are sad, and one thing comes to our mind, where are…