New allegations of abuse in Faxconn

A report based on interviews with more than 1,700 workers, developed by 20 universities in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, Hon Hai criticized by days of long hours work culture "militaristic" and a massive use of college students and vocational trainees in production lines to reduce costs in faxconn.

Hon Hai and Foxconn unit, based in Hong Kong for the New abuses in Faxconn, which manufactures, amongst others, the iPhone and Apple  iPad and articles for Dell and Hewlett-Packard, dismissed as "unsubstantiated allegations" and said reports that tried and paid their workers well.

New allegations of abuse in Faxconn

"Foxconn Technology Group firmly and categorically rejected reports in international media and Chinese that are attributed to research by academics and students for alleged abuse of employees, illegal labor practices and unsanitary conditions in our operations in China," said the in a statement. Hon Hai, the largest electronics manufacturer in the world, and Foxconn were criticized in the past after the suicide of several workers at its plants in China for the New abuses in Faxconn.

Labor activists said was due to harsh working conditions of the Taiwanese company and a gloomy corporate culture and the Foxconn Technology Group. However, in recent years, multinationals such as Honda Motor Co. have been aggressively recruited students from Chinese universities and technical work by paying them lower wages and benefits curtailed.

New abuses in Faxconn

"It is common now throughout the Pearl River delta in any manufacturing sector," said Geoffrey Crothall in China Labour Bulletin in Hong Kong, adding that such fellows often sign contracts without work and without insurance guarantees in place work for the New abuses in Faxconn. "In terms of legal protection, are in no man's land," he added and the Foxconn Technology Group. Since the suicides, Hon Hai is committed to improving the lives of its 937,000 workers in China to raise wages, reduce overtime and build new factories inside China to allow migrant workers to be closer to their homes .
However, the report, based on interviews with employees from June to August, said the pace of work remained implacable. Hon Hai said that only about 7.6% of its workforce were trainees and those who worked overtime did so voluntarily in the Foxconn Technology Group.

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