Admidst all the suicides at Foxconn, the manufacturer has announced another increase in pay for those who qualify.
The 66 percent raise will come on top of the 30 percent wage increase that was announced last week. Prior to the raise, workers were earning 900 yuan ($132 USD) a week.
"This wage increase has been instituted to safeguard the dignity of workers, accelerate economic transformation, support Foxconn's long-term objective of continued evolution from a manufacturing leader to a technology leader, and to rally and sustain the best of our workforce," said Foxconn founder and Chairman Terry Gou in a statement.
"We are working diligently to ensure that our workplace standards and remuneration not only continue to meet the rapidly changing needs of our employees, but that they are best in class."
