FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW YORK - On August 7 at about 8 pm, a female worker surnamed Li was found lying dead on the ground outside Foxconn's Zaofu Apartments in Zhengzhou, China. The cause of death is currently unclear. Apartment security guards and local public security blocked off the area. A witness said that relatives of the deceased set up a tribute at the apartment gate. China Labor Watch (CLW) has confirmed the above information with multiple sources.
On August 6, CLW
reported that a male worker jumped off a building to his death only four days before Li was found dead. Soon afterward Foxconn publicly confirmed the death of the male worker.
Foxconn Zhengzhou factory campus in 2013
About China Labor Watch
Founded in 2000, China Labor Watch is an independent not-for-profit organization. For more than a decade, CLW has collaborated with labor organizations and the media to conduct in-depth assessments of factories in China that produce toys, bikes, shoes, furniture, clothing, and electronics for some of the world’s largest brand companies. CLW’s New York office creates reports from these investigations, educates the international community on supply chain labor issues, and pressures corporations to improve conditions for workers.
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Kevin Slaten
Program Coordinator, China Labor Watch
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New York, NY 10001
(For Chinese)
Li Qiang
Executive Director, China Labor Watch
E-mail: clw@chinalaborwatch.org
Phone: +001 212-244-4049