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Foxconn apologises over boss's 'animal' workers remark: report

Sydney Morning Herald - 
TAIPEI - Taiwan technology giant Foxconn has apologised over comments by chief Terry Gou allegedly comparing workers to animals, according to a report.

Foxconn Takes a Big Bite Out of Apple Reputation

brandchannel.com - 
Apple's relationship with the now controversial companyFoxconn began in 2007, one month prior to Apple's first iPhone release, when Steve Jobs complained of scratches on the prototype he'd been carrying in his pocket and demanded a new iPhone screen, ...

After Tragedy, Apple Tries to Polish Image on Workers' Rights

Huffington Post - 
Apple has come under fire over its connection to Foxconn, a Taiwan-based manufacturer that employs tens of thousands in fortress-like facilities -- a crucial part of the supply chain for iPhones and other high-profile products.

Foxconn chairman compares his workforce to 'animals'

ZDNet (blog) - 
By Hana Stewart-Smith | January 20, 2012, 3:43am PST Summary: In an ill-worded statement, the chairman ofFoxconn's parent company compared his workforce to 'animals' and sought management advice from the director of Taipei Zoo.

Foxconn figures prominently in Apple article

South Florida Business Journal (blog) - 
Foxconn Technology Group, which has an engineering center in Sunrise, figures prominently in a New York Times expose on why Apple hardly does any manufacturing in the US anymore.

Charles Duhigg Responds to Readers on Apple and the iEconomy

New York Times (blog) - 
By THE NEW YORK TIMES Thomas Lee/Bloomberg NewsA production line in Foxconn City in Shenzhen, China. The iPhone is assembled in this vast facility, which has 230000 employees.

Apple Opens Suppliers' Doors to Labor Group AfterFoxconn Worker Suicides

Bloomberg - 
Enlarge image Apple Foxconn Apple Foxconn Antony Dickson/AFP/Getty Images Participants dressed as Foxconnworkers take part in a protest against Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn. Play Video Play Video Enlarge image AppleFoxconn Apple Foxconn Thomas ...

Foxconn boss calls workers animals

Fudzilla - 
Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou told his senior managers that Hon Hai has a workforce of over one million worldwide and “as human beings are also animals, to manage one million animals gives me a headache.

Apple and the American economy

The Economist (blog) - 
Over a quarter of Foxconn's work force lives in company barracks and many workers earn less than $17 a day. When one Apple executive arrived during a shift change, his car was stuck in a river of employees streaming past.

Foxconn Resolves a Dispute With Some Workers in China

New York Times - 
SHANGHAI - Foxconn Technology, a major supplier to several electronics giants, said on Thursday that it had resolved a pay dispute with scores of workers at one of its factories in central China after a large protest that involved threats from some ...

Follow-ups: Warrantless GPS tracking, Megaupload

Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog) - 
Markus Unread: "Apple is actually squeezing Foxconn and Hon Hai so hard on price that Foxconn is considering closing..." sd: "A couple of points here: First, the NYT article pointed out specifically that the actual cost of labor in an.

Apple's Siri teaches Jon Stewart about Foxconn

CNET - 
So how can the US make its factories more like, say, Foxconn, where iPhones and XBoxes are made? Stewart first leaned on news reports to learn that some Foxconn workers do 35-hour days at 31 cents an hour. He was fascinated that trying to form a union ...

Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff

Sydney Morning Herald - 
The dispute was set off after contract manufacturer FoxconnTechnology Group announced it would close the assembly line for Microsoft Corp.

Apple opens suppliers' doors

Sydney Morning Herald - 
Apple agreed to let outside monitors into factories of partners, such as Foxconn Technology Group, and listed suppliers for the first time to counter criticism about conditions of workers making its gadgets.

Apple Profit Margins Rise at Foxconn's Expense

Bloomberg - 
Enlarge image Hon Hai Group's Foxconn Plant in Shenzhen Hon Hai Group's Foxconn Plant in Shenzhen Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Employees work on the assembly line at Hon Hai Group's Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.

Social-media fails: Threats against 49er, premature Paterno death report ...

Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog) - 
Markus Unread: "Apple is actually squeezing Foxconn and Hon Hai so hard on price that Foxconn is considering closing..." sd: "A couple of points here: First, the NYT article pointed out specifically that the actual cost of labor in an.

Foxconn, Revisited

Big Think (blog) - 
The Taiwanese-owned company Foxconn will not be making Fortune's list of the best companies to work for any time soon. Over 300 workers recently staged a protest on the roof of one of Foxconn's factories threatening mass suicide.

RIM CEO change inspires no new confidence

Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog) - 
Markus Unread: "Apple is actually squeezing Foxconn and Hon Hai so hard on price that Foxconn is considering closing..." sd: "A couple of points here: First, the NYT article pointed out specifically that the actual cost of labor in an.

Foxconn Suicide Threats Stir Debate

Voice of America (blog) - 
This month, the Taiwanese-owned manufacturing factoryFoxconn (富士康) was in the news again. At one of the company's factories in Wuhan, more than 100 workers amassed on the roof and threatened suicide to protest poor working conditions.

Is America Even in the Game Anymore? Amazon Moves Into India In a Big Way

Seattle Weekly (blog) - 
And why not, when Shenzhen, China-based Foxconn City, as it's informally known, has a mega-factory that employs 230000 workers -- most of whom earn $17 a day and live in dorms -- and are making virtually every component needed to make our tech dreams ...