TAIYUAN, China—Contract manufacturer Foxconn, a major supplier for Apple, has halted production at its assembly plant here after some 2,000 workers rioted.
Offshoring has, quite simply, gutted the American middle class. But it took more than the presence of several hundred million unemployed Chinese to make offshoring feasible. Some are technological, some are cultural.
CHENGDU, China—A 23-year-old Foxconn worker jumped to his death at the company’s assembly plant here on Wednesday—the latest in a series of suicides at the Apple supplier’s factory that has promted concern among workers’ rights groups worldwide.
BEIJING—American Public Media’s Marketplace has been allowed to shoot a short news clip showing the process of iPads being assembled at Foxconn’s Longhua facility in Shenzhen, China.
BEIJING—Apple Inc. has agreed to work with partner Foxconn to tackle wage and working condition violations at the Chinese assembly plants that make its popular products.
BEIJING—A television reporter for ABC News was granted unrestricted access to Foxconn’s assembly lines. The contract manufacturer, which counts Apple and Dell among its customers, has faced scrutiny over working conditions at its factories.
BEIJING—Apple and the Fair Labor Association will be inspecting Foxconn’s assembly plants throughout China next week, following widespread protests over working conditions at the Chinese contract manufacturer.