Sadly, more Suicides from Foxconn Factory have been reported
According to a new press release by China Labor Watch, another Foxconn employee from their Zhengzhou factory where Apple's iPhone is assembled jumped off a building to his death last Tuesday. The news that was officially made public hours ago stated that this was the third employee from the same factory to have fatally jumped off of buildings in the span of the last 20 days.
The reasons for these suicides are yet unclear. Some estimate them to be related to the new "silence mode" policy at Zhengzhou in which workers are purportedly threatened with termination if they talk on the job.
The China Labor Watch also made public this week that on May 15, 2013, a female worker at Samsung's Huizhou factory jumped off the seventh floor of a building.
Apple has begun splitting their orders for iDevices between Hon Hai's Foxconn and Pegatron. The sheer numbers of suicides that have occurred at Foxconn factories over the last few years definitely reflects poorly on Foxconn's working and/or living conditions at these factories. Despite Apple's CEO visiting the Foxconn factory to discuss working conditions, the suicides persist. Apple should continue to shift more work to Pegatron and other suppliers until Foxconn focuses on employee conditions rather than employing more robots to replace their workforce.
As someone who supports Apple and their products, this never ending news of factory workers committing suicide at Foxconn Factories sickens me. If you agree or disagree, send in your comments.
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What? Are you on drugs? The story is about another suicide at a Foxconn plant. The same plant that Apple's Cook went to see to install nets for suicide leapers. The facts you don't want to accept. So there's no digressing. You just can't keep up with reality. There's no selective interpretation. Argue with Cook since you live in a bloody bubble when it comes to your "Apple." I won't be wasting my time with your stupid comments. You're Apple-blind and I can't help you there.
Posted by: Conscience | May 19, 2013 at 02:06 PM
...seriously, must you digress with the point you raised? are we talking about nets now?
the facts ain't blind...your selective interpretation of the facts based on your own bias had made your conscience dull.
Posted by: th3uglytruth | May 19, 2013 at 01:19 PM
Apple representatives are the ones to went to this plant in China to force Foxconn to put up the nets to catch suicidal jumpers. How clear is that? Your love for Apple makes you rationalize anything so as to deflect the fact that it's at a plant that about 70% dedicated to Apple. Deny it all you want, but Apple hasn't. Which makes your position blind to Apple. Are you a shareholder?
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-Sends-Tim-Cook-to-China-Encourages-Suicide-Nets-at-Foxconn-Report-116271214.html
Posted by: Conscience | May 19, 2013 at 09:26 AM
What are the suicide rates in FoxConn that are tied specifically to the plants making the iGadgets? What are the suicide rates in China? Is this an aberration? Shall we blame the building collapse in Bangladesh to Children's Place as well?
Is "conscience" really a conscience if it is based on false assumptions?
Does Foxconn ONLY manufacture for AAPL?
At some point you have to look in the mirror and at some point you have to say...do I really know what I'm talking about or am I being pretentious?
Posted by: th3uglytruth | May 19, 2013 at 09:17 AM
Your "truth" sounds like comforting excuses to me. Foxconn factories seem to have a more than normal rate of suicides. You can't hide what's happening. It's not like Apple is causing this, but the fact is that the higher rate of suicide is happening at the factory where the iPhone is made. I think that Apple moving orders to Pegatron is a good move. At some point you have to say, is owning an iPhone worth so much suffering?
Posted by: Have a conscience | May 18, 2013 at 01:49 PM
Agreed. These news aren't helpful. We may never know the other side of the story. Depression? Home sick? According to the American College Health Assoc, 7 per 100,000 suicides occur at Colleges every year. One thing for sure, the iHaters will be all over this...
Posted by: th3uglytruth | May 18, 2013 at 01:08 PM