Foxconn Plant Closed After Riot, Company Says

NEW YORK TIMES: …The disturbance is the latest to hit Foxconn, a key supplier of products to Apple and other global electronics companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Microsoft.

Foxconn, which is part of the Hon Hai Group of Taiwan, has been struggling to improve labor conditions at its China factories after reports about labor abuse and work safety violations…

Disturbances at factories have become increasingly common in China, rights groups say, as laborers have begun to demand higher pay and better conditions…  (more)

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