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Foxconn says underage workers used in China plant

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Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest contract electronics maker, has acknowledged hiring teenagers as young as 14 in a Chinese factory, in breach of national law, in a case that raises further questions over its student intern program.

 

Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Foxconn plant while on China trip

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, who has been in China this week, continued his trip with a stop at a Foxconn Technology manufacturing plant, a key supplier that has been under scrutiny for work conditions.

 

China iPhone plant sees eighth suicide

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology, a contract maker of the iPhone, insisted its treatment of workers is world class after a female employee became the company's eighth worker to commit suicide.

 

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