SHENZHEN, China—Foxconn, which was plagued by worker suicides a few years ago, has denied a report that a female employee jumped from the roof of one of its assembly plants here last week.
MEXICO CITY—A decade ago, wages in Mexico were six times higher than in China. In 2011, they are only 40 percent higher. That, along with other factors, is spurring a growing number of manufacturers to move production from China to Mexico.
SHANGPU, China—Farmers here clashed with police and set up barricades to protest what they say is an unauthorized government seizure of their land to build a new factory.
BEIJING—Foxconn is freezing hiring of assembly-line workers in China after a greater than normal number of employees returned to work following the Lunar New Year holiday.
BEIJING—Demand for industrial robots in China is predicted to hit 32,000 units by 2014, making the manufacturing giant the world’s largest robotics consumer.
In September, the Obama administration filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) accusing China of illegally subsidizing exports of auto parts.
BEIJING—The army of cheap laborers that made China a manufacturing powerhouse is neither as vast as once thought nor as cheap as it was. In response, manufacturers have been spending heavily on automation.
TAIPEI--Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known as Foxconn, said Friday it has raised the basic salary of all assembly line workers in Shenzhen, China by 16 to 25 percent since Feb. 1. The statement comes amid on-site inspections being performed by the non-profit Fair Labor Association, requested by Apple Inc.
