Foxconn, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, has upped the scope of a planned pay rise for its workers in China by one-third, underscoring the growing pressures for better working conditions in the country's export manufacturing base.
Wages for production workers in all Chinese factories of Foxconn companies were raised by 30 per cent as of June 1, according to Hon Hai Precision, the group's Taiwan-based parent.
Last week, Foxconn, which has been thrown into the international spotlight after a series of worker suicides at its manufacturing plant in Shenzhen, said it was planning to raise wages by an average of 20 per cent. Some labour activists had argued that Foxconn's initial increase was not as generous as it seemed.
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