Foxconn, who manufactures iPhone and iPad, let's sign a pledge to "not commit suicide" to factory workers following successive suicides

The world's largest scale in the field of EMS (Contract Manufacturing of Electronic Equipment) contracting production of electronic equipment is "Foxconn (Foxcon)Hon Hai Precision Industry in Taiwan that is developing under the brand name.

We also produce Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft's consumer game machines, as well as Apple's iPad and iPhone production, but we are suffering a series of suicides last year at a factory that manufactures Apple products, It was revealed that the factory worker was made to sign a pledge to "do not commit suicide".

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In a study conducted in a factory in charge of manufacturing Foxconn's iPad and iPhone in Chengdu and Shenzhen, China, according to the DailyMail news in the UK, at least 14 people in the past 16 months suffered labor conditions In response to the fact that she committed suicide, it seems clear that she had signed a pledge to "not commit suicide" to the factory worker.

The content of this pledge is "If you commit suicide by breaking the pledge, only the minimum guarantee stipulated by law is done for the remaining family." By the way, when suicide began to occur, Foxconn called a monk to a factory and made him pay evil spirits.

In the survey conducted by the labor organization "Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM)" on factory workers, even though there is a statutory standard of "36 hours per month", 98 hours of regulation per month In addition to a worker who did overtime work, when the demand of the iPad peaked, only one day's vacation was accepted on the 13th, the conversation between workers was prohibited, shifting by 12 hours shift It is clear that the harsh labor environment such as work ... ... has been revealed.

The work scenery looks like this.


Also, the dormitory of workers is "one room with a maximum of 24 people", the basic daily salary is 5.2 pounds (about 690 yen) and it is light salary. Apple in charge of production consigns Foxconn to comply with uniquely determined labor standards, etc. In Chengdu, overtime work of 60 to 80 hours per month is considered commonplace.

Incidentally, Foxconn admits that workers are overdoing, but insists that "All overtime work is voluntary by workers", and responsibilities are to the end of workers As it is in a position to be, it will take a lot of time before this problem is resolved.