Chinese Foxconn Workers Threaten Mass Suicide Over Xbox Pay Dispute

January 12, 2012Erik Kain

Workers at Chinese electronics giant Foxconn, angry over the shuttering of an Xbox 360 production line in the Chinese city of Wuhan, climbed to the roof of a six story dormitory and threatened to jump en masse if their conditions weren’t met. The several dozen workers threatened mass suicide after Foxconn announced layoffs and transfers of […]

Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.