Nine Suicides at Electronics company - Foxconn

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Electronics company Foxconn opens doors after deaths

The world's biggest contract electronics maker Foxconn has allowed journalists to view conditions in its factory in southern China where there has been a spate of recent suicides.

The Taiwanese technology giant employs over 400,000 people and manufactures mobile phones for Apple Inc and many other top brands.

The move comes a day after the ninth worker this year leapt to his death at the factory.

Labour activists say employees work under military-style discipline.

Chris Hogg reports from Shanghai.

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Re: Nine Suicides at Electronics company - Foxconn

Another Foxconn employee has committed suicide within the last few hours, several Chinese news sources are reporting. So far, we know that the employee was male, and that he died at the Longhua factory but no other details have been made available as of yet. This latest death comes just hours after the news that Foxconn employees were very recently asked to sign a letter saying that the company would pay no more than legal minimum wage for "injuries sustained outside the workplace." The letter, which was made public early this morning, caused Chairman of Hon Hai to say they were "taking it back" as the language was inappropriate. Foxconn, AKA Hon Hai Precision -- a massive Taiwan-based company with huge factories in China -- is responsible for manufacturing electronics for several major US companies, namely Apple, Dell, and HP. All three released statements about the state of affairs earlier today that essentially boil down to "we're looking into it."

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