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Being on the urge after the Fair Labor Association’s report details “serious worker issues” in the company’s Foxconn factory in China, the Cupertino-based giant has announced that both it and the manufacturer will work together and hire “tens of thousands” of new workers in an effort to improve working conditions and “clamp down” on overtime. The...
The Japanese multinational corporation Sharp that designs and manufactures electronic products had entered into a manufacturing agreement with Foxconn taking a stake of around 10 percent in the Japanese manufacturer. Foxconn will also take over up to 50 percent of the LCD production at Sharp’s plant in Sakai, Osaka. The Sakai plant will now be owned 46.5 percent by...
Nikkei is reporting that Japanese multinational corporation Sharp that designs and manufactures electronic products has entered into a manufacturing agreement with Foxconn taking a stake of around 10 percent in the Japanese manufacturer. Recently appointed CEO Takashi Okuda said “Until now we have handled all of our R&D and manufacturing, but going forward we...
The radio program “This American Life” last week retracted an episode critical of working conditions at a Foxconn Chinese factory, saying it had contained “numerous fabrications”. The retracted episode, broadcast on January 6, was based heavily on a one-man theatrical show by actor Mike Daisey: “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.”...
