The mob of a actor who committed self-annihilation at an Apple supplier in China is blaming his death on the harsh management at the factory and has try demonstrating against the company , only to be detained by local police .
The worker , He Cheng , stand out to his death on Sept. 29 from the sixth trading floor of a ship’s company building of Foxlink , a Formosan manufacturer . The worker , who had been use at the Foxlink mill in the Chinese city of Dongguan for only 20 days , commit suicide after direction refused to give him three Day of personal leave , according to his baby , He Mei .
Due to exact for the iPhone 5 , the manufactory ’s direction was pressing employee to lick during China ’s National Day holiday , she order by phone on Wednesday . “ The fellowship enjoin he could n’t request a leave-taking of absence . If he wanted to leave , then he would have to leave his chore , but he would n’t be paid his wage , ” she said .
“ He then threatened to jump off the roof and commit suicide , ” she impart , noting that her brother was already feeling ominous from working 14 to 15 minute each daytime at the factory . “ The company did n’t really care about what he had to say . ”
The Foxlink mill build electronics supplement , including overseas telegram connexion for the iPhone , according to Jin Jie , an investigator with trade union movement tribute group Little Grass Workers ’ Home , who worked at the factory between July and August .
Apple names Foxlink as one of its suppliers in its2011 list , under the company title “ Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co. , Ltd. ( Foxlink ) . ” The Formosan house also has a tie with major Apple supplier Foxconn . The leader of the two companies , Foxlink Chairman T.C. Gou and Foxconn CEO Terry Gou , are brothers .
Foxlink did not immediately reply for comment . An employee at Foxlink ’s ship’s company in Dongguan tell she was undecipherable about the self-destruction , before short hang up the phone .
Foxlink is offer to pay the family between 40,000 yuan ( US$ 6,330 ) and 50,000 yuan to compensate the family , according to He Mei . “ We finger very heartbroken about this situation , ” she say . “ We were hoping they would compensate us for 1.2 million yuan , and then 800,000 kwai , but the caller is n’t raising the amount . ”
He Cheng had want to take the holiday to meet with his baby , who lives in Taiwan but return to mainland China for celebrate the National Day holiday with family . Now their mother is currently in the infirmary due to the shock of her Logos ’s destruction .
Jin Jie , the investigator with Little Grass Workers ’ nursing home , said management at the Foxlink factory routinely berated workers while he was employed at the facility . actor at the mill generally make 2,000 Mongol dynasty a month , and are largely made up of student aged 16 to 18 , who total from vocational school as part of internships .
“ Management will get mad at the proletarian because the production end product is too low , ” he said , mention that there were often too few prole on the fabrication line to adjoin the production requirement . “ The management has no sympathy for the worker . ”
Apple ’s supply mountain range has been facing growing examination since 2010 , when astring of suicides occurred at Foxconn facilitiesin China . Both Apple and Foxconn have defended the work on atmospheric condition at the facilities , with Foxconn moving to limit working hour and raise reward for employee . Worker incident , however , continue to occur . Last calendar month , a riot involve thousandsbroke out at a Foxconn factory in Taiyuan , China , which employee say was because of coarse treatment by company surety guards .
update on October 11 to observe that Foxlink is named on Apple ’s 2011 supplier report card as Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co.
