Another suicide at Foxconn: employee jumps off a building

0. phoneArena posted on 14 Jun 2012, 08:40

On Wednesday, another Foxconn employee jumped off a build in what’s the first suicide in the factory known most for making Apple products…

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42. remixfa posted on 14 Jun 2012, 14:04 4 2

Samsung makes all of their top electronics, including the galaxy S line and their top end TV's IN HOUSE. They only go through foxconn to build that low end crap that most people in america dont buy anyways.

Also, you never hear of suicides at the samsung factory. This is again at the Apple factory, where they had 17 SUICIDES LAST YEAR. 17.. at 1 factory.
And that's not even adding in the dozens of people that died and were injured at the ipad factory last year that they build in 30 days.. then decided AGAINST installing ventilation in the building.. which resulted in an explosion because the air was so thick with aluminum particles and other junk. Try breathing in that for weeks.. before your blown up.

And yet.. again.. Foxconn themselves said that each factory is run differently according to the requests from the partner company and Apple has some of the worst conditions of all of their factories.

I wonder if its all just cosmic coincidence or if something different is happening there? HMMM??

47. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Jun 2012, 14:30 1 0

Got to keep production levels up. Workers are a consumable resource - when one jumps, they get replaced with another one. Welcome to the new serfdom.

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29. darktranquillity posted on 14 Jun 2012, 11:31 1 0

RIP, dono what to say:-(

31. AhmadAlsayegh posted on 14 Jun 2012, 12:07 2 0

man, what the hell this world turned into?! povetry every fu*ken where! rich people (not all) latterly stepping on poor people for money!

people dying and being slaughtered every where and every day, yet the people fighting for animal rights and the global warming more than those fighting for human rights!

sometimes I wish i could travel far away to another planet and never come back again to this miserable world

screw the great powers in this world, they screwed humanity!

46. networkdood posted on 14 Jun 2012, 14:23 0 0

well, I have good news for you - in about 50 years a great world war will start over the issue of economic conditions...

36. kach22 posted on 14 Jun 2012, 12:44 3 0

I think he saw the 200 'new' features of iOS 6.

44. networkdood posted on 14 Jun 2012, 14:22 1 0

Not sure if this issue is created by Chinese culture...more specifically, the Chinese government, who wants foreign companies in their countries providing cheap jobs. I mean American companies have a choice to do business in China or not. The Chinese government could change and start allowing 40 hour work weeks only, but in China theyhave always worked long days and culturally, it is forbidden to complain or quit.

53. medicci37 posted on 14 Jun 2012, 17:58 1 0

That third strike against me was definitely worth it. Guess i won't be posting on here for the next week. But the offer still stands Gallito.

70. sithman (banned) posted on 14 Jun 2012, 20:28 0 0

What do u guys think of Verizon's new plans, especially the data part?

71. tiara6918 posted on 14 Jun 2012, 20:33 0 0

Those employees at Foxconn better leave their jobs right now and find a new one before anything comes worse than the suicide incident. You are being treated like slaves there and apple gives you a low salary. I know it's not easy finding a job, but if you're being treated unfairly this way, just get out of that place because it's ruining your lives even more.

72. InspectorGadget80 posted on 14 Jun 2012, 20:49 2 1

This is very sad news at FOXCONN. RIP man. Apple FOXCONN should be ashame of themselves. and i thought those nets was to keep the people from falling

73. daniel_bargs posted on 14 Jun 2012, 23:02 0 0

the creepy thing is that employee once made or had touched various iPhones in market nw.

74. ninawka posted on 14 Jun 2012, 23:45 0 0

Please leave this kind of reporting to news sights like CNN. i come here to read about technology! It is sad though my prayers go out to the family.

76. bvalde09 posted on 15 Jun 2012, 13:20 0 0

Here is the deal The guy was working the Iphone 5 and he saw something dissapointing and he kill himself. First Time I troll

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