'Mass suicide' protest at Apple manufacturer Foxconn factory

Around 150 Chinese workers at Foxconn, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, threatened to commit suicide by leaping from their factory roof in protest at their working conditions. In the aftermath of the suicides, Foxconn installed safety nets in some of its factories and hired counsellors to help its workers. At Foxconn's flagship plant in Longhua, five per cent of its workers, or 24,000 people, quit every month. The worker said that Foxconn initially refused to negotiate, but that the workers were treated reasonably by the local police and fire service.

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