Inside a Foxconn factory
Bloomberg News
Posted: 06/04/2010 05:42:17 PM PDT
Updated: 06/04/2010 05:42:18 PM PDT
SHANGHAI ? Ah Wei has an explanation for Foxconn Technology Chairman Terry Gou why some of his workers are committing suicide at the company's factory near the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
"Life is meaningless," said Ah Wei, his fingernails stained black with the dust from the hundreds of mobile phones he has burnished over the course of a 12-hour overnight shift. "Every day, I repeat the same thing I did yesterday. We get yelled at all the time. It's very tough around here."
Conversation on the production line is forbidden, bathroom breaks are kept to 10 minutes every two hours and constant noise from the factory washes past his ear plugs, damaging his hearing, Ah Wei said. The company has rejected three requests for a transfer and his monthly salary of $132 is too meager to send money home to his family, said the 21-year-old, who asked that his real name not be used because he is afraid of his managers.
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Posted: 06/04/2010 05:42:17 PM PDT
Updated: 06/04/2010 05:42:18 PM PDT
SHANGHAI ? Ah Wei has an explanation for Foxconn Technology Chairman Terry Gou why some of his workers are committing suicide at the company's factory near the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
"Life is meaningless," said Ah Wei, his fingernails stained black with the dust from the hundreds of mobile phones he has burnished over the course of a 12-hour overnight shift. "Every day, I repeat the same thing I did yesterday. We get yelled at all the time. It's very tough around here."
Conversation on the production line is forbidden, bathroom breaks are kept to 10 minutes every two hours and constant noise from the factory washes past his ear plugs, damaging his hearing, Ah Wei said. The company has rejected three requests for a transfer and his monthly salary of $132 is too meager to send money home to his family, said the 21-year-old, who asked that his real name not be used because he is afraid of his managers.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15230050
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