Foxconn Workers Suicide Cases

On April 24th, Zhengzhou Foxconn, a 24-year-old male worker jumped to his death in the dormitory, jumping for unknown reasons. Three days later, Ms. Jin, other woman workers in the same Zhengzhou Foxconn, jumped to her death from Fu Xin Apartment at 6 pm on Saturday April 27 and died on the spot.

On November 10, 2005 workers whose health has been adversely affected by the chemical cadmium while working at Gold Peak Industrial Holding Ltd’s (hereafter GP) Xianjin and Chaoba factories handed over a letter to the GP Fund board managers. The contents of the letter were chiefly concerned with compensation and medical costs and included a number of clear and reasonable demands. These included: medical checks for the children of female workers who had come into contact with cadmium while employed at the said factories; past, current and future medical costs of the workers, the issue of future employment and the difficult financial circumstances that most of the affected workers now find themselves in.

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By Ji Beibei Source: Global Times. 13 May 2010. Six worker suicides in less than five months have put the management of Taiwan-based company Foxconn under a microscope again after…

A worker at the massive electronics firm Foxconn’s Shenzhen plant is said to have just committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a building.  This incident is a tragedy by itself, but it is made more so by the fact that this is the ninth time that a Foxconn employee has killed himself or herself in the past year. Who will be the next?   The company must initiate a thoroughgoing analysis of life on its production lines—not just roll out more superficial, short-term fixes.