Harsh working conditions too high a price for Chinese electronics

Posted on 11 Oct 2012 by Tim Brown

The family of a worker who committed suicide on September 29 at an alleged Apple supplier in China has blamed his death on the harsh management at the factory.

The worker, He Cheng, jumped to his death from the sixth floor of a company building of Foxlink, a Taiwanese manufacturer. The worker, who had been employed at the Foxlink factory in the Chinese city of Dongguan for only 20 days, committed suicide after management refused to give him three days of personal leave, according…

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