By DAVID BARBOZA
Published: June 2, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/business/global/03foxconn.html?ref=business
SHANGHAI — Stung by labor shortages and a rash of suicides this year at its
massive factories in southern China, Foxconn Technology said Wednesday that
it would immediately raise the salaries of many of its Chinese workers by
33 percent.
The pay increase is the latest indication that labor costs are rising in
China’s coastal manufacturing centers and that workers are demanding h