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Apple supplier Foxconn boosts worker wages by 25% after inspections

Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest China-based contractors, has boosted its workers’ wages by around 25% after been subjected to inspections by a US labour rights group. Foxconn, which is owned by a Taiwanese group, reported that it has boosted wages by a quarter in the wake of Apple instigating inspections by the US Fair Labour Association. Apple was widely criticised, before agreeing to the “voluntary” inspections, after a spate of worker suicides at the supplier were blamed on poor and exploitative working conditions.  “The continuing reports of deaths and distress at Foxconn have created a PR problem for Apple, which is seen as the principal user of the company’s facilities. So far Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Dell have not commented on their use of Foxconn,” The Guardian reported.  According to the newspaper Apple has also given ABC News’s Nightline TV show special access to the Foxconn plants, in a broadcast due to air on Tuesday. The report added that Chinese workers at Foxconn now receive between 1,800-2,500 yuan (£180-£250) per month following the raises that became effective from 1 February, the company said. More…

News selected by Covalence | Country: China | Company: Apple, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. | Source: Procurement Leaders

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