Local Wisconsin officials open to changing Foxconn deal
Local Wisconsin officials open to changing Foxconn deal
Sections
Extras
Watch Now
Local Wisconsin officials open to changing Foxconn deal
Records show Foxconn, Wisconsin nearing agreement
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received less than 1% of the money that Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group pledged to it two years ago amid the electronics giant's expansion plans in Wisconsin. Foxconn in August 2018 committed…
Apple has acknowledged that one of its supplier's factories in China violated some of its rules on working conditions, and says it's trying to correct those infractions.
A new report from China Labor Watch accuses Foxconn of worker abuse, poor pay and imposing long hours on employees who make popular Amazon devices. Amazon said in response that it has opened an investigation.
Update: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is retreating from his previous comments that he didn't think Foxconn Technology Group would employ 13,000 people at its project in the state.
Tony Evers, the Democratic governor of Wisconsin, says he doesn't think Foxconn will ever add 13,000 jobs in his state.
Foxconn plans to start construction of the manufacturing portion of its Wisconsin facility this summer and start producing flat screen displays there by the end of next year, the company announced Monday.
Foxconn says it is returning to its plan to make flat screen panels at a new plant in Wisconsin following an appeal from President Donald Trump.
Foxconn says it is moving ahead with its construction plans in Wisconsin, despite uncertainty about what it might eventually build there.