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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

iPhone-maker Foxconn holds rallies in attempt to boost morale after worker suicides in China

Must make more iPhones, must make more iPhones !

Who said the Chinese don't care about Human Rights ?

They installed safety nets for the severely stressed iPhone makers !

starTribune.com
SHENZHEN, China - Following a string of suicides at its Chinese factories, Foxconn Technology Group raised workers' wages and installed safety nets on buildings to catch would-be jumpers. Now the often secretive manufacturer of the iPhone and other electronics is holding rallies for its workers to raise morale at the heavily regimented factories.

The outreach to workers shows how Foxconn has been shaken by the suicides and the bad press they have attracted to the normally publicity shy company. The latest suicide — the 12th this year — occurred August 4 when a 22-year-old woman jumped from her factory dormitory in eastern Jiangsu province.

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