Foxconn-ansat død efter spring fra taget på iPhone-fabrik

The rash of recent suicides comes as employees have been being pressured to work long hours to fulfill demand for Apple's popular iPhones and iPads. Also there's the recent video and fresh reports of security staff antagonizing employees in wake of Apple's demand for unparalleled secrecy at the plant. One of the three suicides that occurred at the plant last year came after security staff beat an employee who lost a prototype of the fourth generation iPhone. Foxconn guards have also beat up reporters trying to interview workers at Apple's secret plant.

Apple's own recent internal audit complained that many of its suppliers were engaging in abusive working practices, including forcing employees to work unpaid overtime, and using child labor. It did not tell which suppliers were found in violation.

It is important to consider that Apple is certainly not the only company whose products are manufactured by Chinese employees reportedly working in poor conditions. Intel, Nintendo, Sony, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and Amazon are among Foxconn's other customers. Nonetheless, the pressure in terms of secrecy at these facilities (and corresponding employee abuse) may not be quite as high.

It is important to consider that Apple is certainly not the only company whose products are manufactured by Chinese employees reportedly working in poor conditions. Intel, Nintendo, Sony, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and Amazon are among Foxconn's other customers. Nonetheless, the pressure in terms of secrecy at these facilities (and corresponding employee abuse) may not be quite as high.

martink (8) skrev:

#5 læs #6/7

I kilden står der bare at endnu en Foxconn medarbejder har begået selvmord, ikke noget med iPhone-fabrik, ved ikke hvor Newz skribenten har dette fra? Ud over at kilden er meget kritisk over for Apple.

/Martin

Major-Pepper-Pants (17) skrev:

Kan ikke se nyheden i dette, da det ikke er nyt at kinesere arbejder under nogle andre forhold end vi gør i den vestlige verden.

Major-Pepper-Pants (17) skrev:

den vestlige verden

http://www.dailytech.com/Another+Foxconn+Worker+Commits+Suicide+Video+of+Employee+Beating+Leaks/article18471.htm skrev:

Given that figure, it would be easy to assume that Foxconn's Apple plant would typically have a suicide rate of about 46 people a year, given that it officially employs over 330,000 people (some reports have put the true figure at closer to 400,000 people).

http://www.dailytech.com/Another+Foxconn+Worker+Commits+Suicide+Video+of+Employee+Beating+Leaks/article18471.htm skrev:

Intel, Nintendo, Sony, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and Amazon are among Foxconn's other customers. Nonetheless, the pressure in terms of secrecy at these facilities (and corresponding employee abuse) may not be quite as high.

nobrakes (23) skrev:

trods risiko for at få tildelt den "frygtede" flamebait vil jeg alligevel udtrykke min uforbeholdne mening om #1 og #2:

klam indstilling at ha sig. ad.

#1 fix dit avatar nab. ellers klager jeg til webmaster. jeg føler mig krænket.

PeterJesper (24) skrev:

Hygger I jer, alle jer med iShit ?

Nyheden skrev:

Til trods for flere har påpeget, at selvmordsraten blandt Foxconns over 300.000 medarbejdere ikke er højere end gennemsnittet i Kina, så vækker selvmordene en del opsigt.