Incomplete List of Labor Unrest at Foxconn 2010-2013

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Year
Month
Place
Form
Participants
Reasons
2010
September
Chennai, India
Sit-in strike
1.500
Wage, reemployment of dismissed unionists
November
Foshan
Strike
7.000
Wage, relocation
2011
January
Chengdu
Riot
Dozens
Dormitory conditions
March
Chengdu
Strike
200
Wage
October
Shenzhen
Slow-down strike
Dozens
Work speed
2012
January
Wuhan
Suicide threat
150
Wage
January
Yantai
Strike
1.000
Wage
February
Ningbo
Strike
Hundreds
Wage for work on holidays
March
Taiyuan
Strike
1.000
Wage
April
Taiyuan
Strike
2.000
Wage
April
Wuhan
Suicide threat
200
Wage, working conditions
April
Shenzhen
Roof occupation
Dozens
Job transfers/relocation
May
Jundiai, Brasil
Strike threat
2.500
Overcrowded buses, bad food, no drinking water
June
Chengdu
Riot
1.000
Dispute with company security guards
September
Taiyuan
Riot
2.000
Attack by company security guards
October
Zhengzhou
Strike
3.000+
Conflict about quality standards
2013
January
Fengcheng
Strike, street blockade
1.000+
Wage, working conditions
January
Beijing
Strike
Thousands
Wage, year-end bonuses
March
Foshan
Strike
Thousands
Relocation, redundancies
June
Foshan
Strike
1.000
Relocation, severance pay, social benefits
July
Shenzhen
Strike
200+
Wages, overtime cuts
July
Foshan
Strike
1.500
Relocation, severance pay

Sources:

If not stated otherwise, all places are located in the People’s Republic of China

Chennai, India 09/2010 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=24149&l=2

Foshan 11/2010 http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/100934

Chengdu 01/2011 + 03/2011, Shenzhen 10/2011, Wuhan 01/2012 see iSlaves-book

Yantai 01/2012 http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/110056

Ningbo 02/2012 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/chin-f27.shtml

Taiyuan 03/2012 http://micgadget.com/24169/refuse-to-build…

Taiyuan 04/2012 https://chinastrikes.crowdmap.com/reports/view/480

Wuhan 04/2012  http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/may2012/foxn-m12.shtml

Shenzhen 04/2012 https://chinastrikes.crowdmap.com/reports/view/486

Jundiai, Brazil 05/2012 http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/26/foxconn_brazil_workers…

Chengdu 06/2012 https://chinastrikes.crowdmap.com/reports/view/520

Taiyuan 09/2012 https://chinastrikes.crowdmap.com/reports/view/548

Zhengzhou 10/2012  http://chinalaborwatch.org/news/new-433.html

Fengcheng 01/2013 http://sacom.hk/archives/971

Beijing 01/2013 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/01/24/thousands_of_foxconn_workers_strike.php

Foshan 03/2013 http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/04/chin-a04.html

Foshan 06/2013 http://bagongwatch.tumblr.com, http://www.umwaelzung.de

Shenzhen 07/2013 >http://www.labornotes.org, http://www.wantchinatimes.com

Foshan 07/2013 http://www.labornotes.org/2013/08/china%E2%80%99s-young-workers-fight-back-foxconn

 

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