Another Foxconn employee allegedly working at an iPhone X manufacturing plant has committed suicide by jumping to death off a building on Saturday.
China Labor Watch (CLW), a workers’ rights organization, says 31-year-old Li Ming was hired by Foxconn only two months ago through an agency. It is unclear why he decided to take his own life, but according to a report from The Telegraph, the suicide brings back in the spotlight the working conditions at Foxconn factories. It appears Li lived in factory dormitories, but Foxconn hasn’t provided any confirmation in this regard.
Foxconn, which employs more than 1.2 million and is the biggest private sector employer in China, builds some 50 percent of iPhones in the city of Zhengzhou, with local workforce in excess of 350,000.
The company is no stranger of employee suicides, as working conditions in… (read more)
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