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Another Foxconn Worker Jumps to Death

First suicide since Apple supplier agreed to overhaul conditions

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 14, 2012 12:41 PM CDT

(Newser) – Despite the company's efforts to improve working conditions, another Foxconn suicide has occurred: This time, the Apple supplier says a worker jumped to his death from his apartment. The 23-year-old had just joined the company last month, Reuters reports. Yesterday's suicide is the first since Foxconn and Apple agreed in March to overhaul factory conditions, but last week as many as 1,000 workers rioted.

In this May 27, 2010 file photo, workers cling to the logo at the entrance of the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
In this May 27, 2010 file photo, workers cling to the logo at the entrance of the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.   (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Qsreed
Jun 15, 2012 7:36 AM CDT
I understand how deplorable the conditions are in that factory, but the man killed himself after only a month? I wonder if the two are truly connected, or at least if it was the main reason for his jump.
B-Diddy
Jun 14, 2012 3:55 PM CDT
Geronimo!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
ladyrosedeky
Jun 14, 2012 3:14 PM CDT
I was gonna but I won't say it. And this country wants to back people who will take us back to the olden days of when workers had no rights and children could work in factories in America. Yes, Mitt will move us forward to a better economy.

 
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