Watch: Evaluation of Foxconn by ABC News

Star Chang, Feb 22, 2012 1:17 PM, 4,355 views, Got something to say ?,

ABC News’s Nightline went inside Foxconn’s plants in China to see conditions on and off Apple’s assembly lines, in a special broadcast that air yesterday night. The evaluation of Foxconn’s factories is only exclusive at ABC News. ABC is owned by Disney and their CEO has joined Apple’s Board of Directors last year, this might be the reason for Apple to invite them for visiting one of the most secret and controversial places on earth. Bill Weir of ABC’s Nightline insisted that he is free to go wherever he wanted and talks to anyone inside Foxconn. Click-in to watch the first ever inside-look of the i-factory …

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A Sneak Preview of ABC Visiting Foxconn Factories (Video)

Star Chang, Feb 20, 2012 11:58 AM, 1,135 views, Got something to say ?,

The working conditions at Foxconn’s factories has been a hot topic of discussion for a while now. On this Tuesday night, ABC News will broadcast a special Nightline episode filmed at Foxconn’s facilities in China, exploring the working conditions at the company’s factories. ABC has been given exclusive access to the factories and secured to the production lines on which iPads are made. As a prelude to the full episode, 6 pages of first-hand look report and a preview video have been disclosed today on the ABC News website …

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Foxconn Increases Wages for Entry-level Workers As Much As 25%

Chris Chang, Feb 17, 2012 10:36 PM, 910 views, 1 Comment »,

Yeah yeah, Foxconn workers are getting a pay increase of up to 1,800 yuan ($286) per month and could be further raised above 2,200 yuan ($350) per month for those who pass a technical examination, Reuters reports. So that’s a pretty nice raise, right?

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CNN Investigates Foxconn Factory and Talks with iPad Worker (video)

Star Chang, Feb 7, 2012 1:44 AM, 2,227 views, 4 Comments »,

CNN crew has flew all the way to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China, to further investigates the Foxconn factory, after The New York Times published a pair of stories profiling Apple’s overseas manufacturing operations two weeks ago. CNN has managed to interview a part-time iPad worker which has only temporary worked inside the factory for several weeks. The young lady said she does not feel Foxconn cares about her …

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Thousands Line Up For Foxconn’s Jobs in Zhengzhou (video)

Chris Chang, Jan 30, 2012 9:03 PM, 15,069 views, 18 Comments »,

On the 30th of January, thousands of hopefuls stood for hours outside a labor agency located in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, the largest city of Henan province in north-central China. The lines stretched more than 200 meters along the road, and the people who were waiting in line with their applications just hope to get a job at Foxconn, as the electronics contracting giant ramps up its iPhone production at Zhengzhou plant …

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Foxconn CEO: Manage One Million Workers Gives Me A Headache That Kills

Chris Chang, Jan 19, 2012 4:34 PM, 1,271 views, 4 Comments »,

Ever since Foxconn CEO Terry Gou told people that the robots are coming, we think the Foxconn workers will go jobless someday. As Foxconn is going to boost the number of robots doing those repetitive tasks on its assembly line in 3 years time, the Foxconn chairman recently talked about the workforce of the company, saying that the management of one million workers gives him headaches.

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Hundreds of Foxconn Workers Stand On Factory’s Rooftop Threatening to Jump

Chris Chang, Jan 9, 2012 6:15 PM, 2,088 views, Got something to say ?,

On January 3, 2012, more than a hundred Foxconn employees stood on the factory building’s rooftop, threatening to commit suicide if their unemployment compensation are not paid. They were very frustrated.

UPDATE: Workers from this Foxconn plant manufacture Microsoft Xbox 360s. A Microsoft spokeperson made a statement on the situation at the plant:

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Foxconn Prepares iPad 3 Production

Star Chang, Dec 13, 2011 5:11 PM, 3,349 views, Got something to say ?,

According to the latest info from Taiwan’s analyst, Foxconn has arranged its iPad department to have only five days off during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, in order to meet the market demand of the iPad 3’s announcement in February. The Chinese new year will start on January 23, 2012, and Foxconn offers nine days off for the workers in other departments. The Taiwan-based company has also posted record revenues on strong sales of iPhones and iPads in November …

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Foxconn Worker Commits Suicide for Boyfriend’s Breakup

Chris Chang, Nov 25, 2011 1:45 PM, 3,218 views, 3 Comments »,

It’s normal to feel down after a relationship ends, but recently a 20-year old female worker at Foxconn’s Taiyuan (capital of Shanxi province) factory killed herself over disappointment in a relationship. Her suicide is not caused by stressful working conditions.

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Foxconn Worker: I hope to become a boss

Chris Chang, Oct 7, 2011 5:53 PM, 5,251 views, 2 Comments »,

Everyone has their own dream. A Foxconn worker’s dream is to become a boss someday. Here’s a must-watch documentary created by three Italian journalists — it’s really touching to watch the Foxconn employee interviews.

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