Another Foxconn Worker Leaps to His Death
Another Foxconn Worker Leaps to His Death
Posted 07/20/2011 at 8:56am
| by Paul Lilly
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One of the ongoing stories last year was how Foxconn workers in China were committing suicide amid reports of poor working conditions and low pay. Foxconn vowed to improve its operations, and it's been relatively quiet ever since, at least until now. According to an AFP report, a 21-year-old employee who only started working for Foxconn on June 27, jumped out of his on-site dormitory and died as a result.
No other company in the world makes more computer components than Foxconn. One of Foxconn's bigger clients is Apple, and workers are under intense pressure to keep up with demand for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices, as well as products from Sony, Dell, and others. Activists blamed poor working conditions, including forced overtime and low pay, on at least 13 employee deaths last year, all the result of suicide attempts.
What's odd about this latest case is that the 21-year-old hasn't been on the job very long, and according to reports in the Hong Kong Economic Times and Taiwan's Commercial Times, Foxconn denies work pressure played a role, saying the man only worked two hours of overtime since becoming an employee.
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Andacious
August 01, 2011 at 6:35am
Fry: "Is all of the work here done by children?"
Alien: "Not the whipping!"hopefully the 1 million robots that will replace these people don't become self-aware and commit suicide as well.
d3v
July 20, 2011 at 8:52pm
Foxconn's workforce numbers over a million souls. That's about the population of an entire city. There are bound to be a few mentally unstable people in a workforce that large. But because its happening to a hugely successful Chinese company it gets a lot of attention in the western media.
boodiespost
July 22, 2011 at 11:01am
I agree. I have NO respect whatsoever for people who commit this henious crime of suicide.
Annoyance
July 20, 2011 at 2:38pm
How many is this now, who cares maybe "you" should talk about the mexicans that get payed $3 Hour to make your Pants not Suicide wrokers that get payed more money then the ones that make your pants and elections for little or notting. Also I get all my drug aka Pills for little or noting from there.
Something thats $80 in North America I can get for $8 WHY? Well lets see keep them working for noting to make us happy and will give them durgs for noting witch is easier.
RUSENSITIVESWEETNESS
July 20, 2011 at 1:03pm
In China, anything over 100 hours is considered overtime.
Vote Republican, so we can work like this, too.
keyboardJuice
July 21, 2011 at 12:41pm
The perfect fusion between communism and capitalism. It has the strong controls of communism paired with the exploitation of capitalism on steroids. Don't worry it will be here soon enough.
SYL808
July 20, 2011 at 11:26am
My Chinese government should terminate all Foxconn business in China.
BaronOvHell
July 20, 2011 at 11:24am
Wow a job that is full of completely meaningless assembly work, the ultimate anti-stimulation, is leading people to suicide? They are feeling their lives are pointless and empty as they sit in their work site dormitories, what a shock!
It is barely an existence, I'm surprised there aren't MORE suicides.
thepoor
July 20, 2011 at 10:45am
Look at the woman, she looks like she hasn't sleep for weeks. Apple is evil.
TerribleToaster
July 20, 2011 at 10:56am
Pretty sure that's a droid, not a woman.
So this means that Apple is made by Google... PLOT TWIST!
GPhorce
July 20, 2011 at 10:23am
Did he only work 2 hours of overtime or did they only pay him for 2 hours overtime?
Hamburger
July 20, 2011 at 10:01am
Try this on for size, then..
"Look Daddy, every time someone buys an Apple product, a Foxconn worker dies."
Emgtek
July 20, 2011 at 9:47am
I agree with you Lunchbox!
Wonder what type of idiotic posts will come after ours?
lunchbox73
July 20, 2011 at 9:07am
He could have just been a depressed dude and it had nothing to do with work but still looks bad for Foxconn.
TerribleToaster
July 20, 2011 at 9:46am
The odds of that happening in an operation of their size is quite high.
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