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NEW YORK – China Labor Watch (CLW) has confirmed through multiple sources that on August 4, 2015, a male worker at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China jumped from a building to his death. Foxconn Zhengzhou is a major supplier of iPhone products to Apple Inc.
In the spring 2013, CLW reported that three workers Foxconn Zhengzhou workers committed suicide within a 20-day period. Some claimed that those suicides were linked to a “silent work mode” at Foxconn in which workers are purportedly threatened with termination if they talk on the job. (See press release 1 和 press release 2.)
In October 2012, CLW reported that thousands of workers at the Foxconn Zhengzhou plant went on strike to protest pressure and conflict arising from stringent production demands of the iPhone 5.
2013 image of the Foxconn Zhengzhou complex
***UPDATE August 7, 2015 (2:00 p.m.): This press release originally stated that the male worker jumped from a building on August 5. He jumped from a building on August 4, and the release has been updated to reflect this information***
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中国劳工观察（CLW）成立于 2000 年，是一家独立的非营利组织。十多年来，CLW 与劳工组织和媒体合作，对中国生产玩具、自行车、鞋类、家具、服装和电子产品的工厂进行深入调查，这些工厂为世界上一些最大的品牌公司供货。CLW 位于纽约的办公室负责撰写调查报告、向国际社会介绍供应链劳工问题，并敦促跨国公司改善工人待遇。
Contact
(For English)
Kevin Slaten
Program Coordinator, China Labor Watch
E-mail: clw@nonprofitd3.sg-host.com
Phone: +001 212-244-4049
147 W 35 St Ste 406
New York, NY 10001
(For Chinese)
李强
执行主任
中国劳工观察
E-mail: clw@nonprofitd3.sg-host.com
Phone: +001 212-244-4049
