http://betabeat.com Just another WordPress.com site Wed, 22 May 2013 12:43:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://betabeat.com http://betabeat.com/2012/06/foxconn-worker-commits-suicide-apple-06142012/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:56:49 -0400 http://betabeat.com/2012/06/foxconn-worker-commits-suicide-apple-06142012/ Nitasha Tiku http://betabeat.com/?p=50295 In a statement released by Foxconn today, the company acknowledged the first suicide since the supplier brokered an agreement with Apple in March to improve "sweatshop-like" conditions. The worker in question was a 23-year-old male who jumped from his apartment yesterday outside a Foxconn plant in Chengdu, reports Reuters. He joined the company last month.

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