China Labor Watch (CLW) criticise Apple on it’s 2017 Supplier Responsibility Report, sending an email to Apple’s CEO citing evidence of continuing violations in its supply chain. CLW expressed concerns about Apple’s supplier responsibility standards and…
China Labour Watch, a US-based workers’ rights organisation, reports that a worker has died after jumping from a factory window on Saturday. Li Ming, aged 31, jumped to his death from a building in the…
After the release of SACOM’s investigative report on student interns abuses in Apple’s production line and months of pressuring from international media and activists, Apple has officially admitted student interns abuses in its supply chain. And they…
Industrial robots are being put to work on a massive scale in China. Taking the case of electronics giant Foxconn, Jenny Chan considers what an automated future holds in store for human workers China is…
Over 600 Foxconn workers are still fighting to get their jobs back. Although Rising Star seems to have close ties to Foxconn, they refuse to employ these workers even though they hired 9000 contract worker….
Foxconn Technology will invest 37.5 billion yuan (US$5.74 billion) to expand its facilities in Nanjing, China. It will become the largest smartphone assembly worldwide and a hub for research and development. Deputy general manager Zheng…
Nikkei Asian Review reported iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry (or Foxconn Technology Group) is offering 2.1 trillion yen ($19.6 billion) for the chip unit of the Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corporation. Foxconn says Toshiba Memory…
President Donald Trump announced on July 26, 2017 that Foxconn – a Taiwanese electronics giant – will build a $10 billion LCD display factory in Wisconsin. Trump claims the deal will bring manufacturing jobs and…