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Article

3 Nov 2015

Author:
Cereal & Good Electronics Network

Fear of increasing reprisals against Foxconn workers in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

...Mexican NGO CEREAL and the GoodElectronics Network are highly concerned about recent violations of workers’ rights at the Foxconn-Scientific Atlanta factory in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico…Furthermore, GoodElectronics is concerned that the workers could face further reprisals for participating in a demonstration today, protesting the company’s actions…On August 12, more than one hundred workers employed by Foxconn-Scientific Atlanta started a movement to protest low wages, humiliating treatment, sexual harassment and the general worsening of their working conditions. Workers demanded the company to enter into negotiations with them for a first collective bargaining agreement…

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