An investigative series by the New York Times and a performance piece by Mike Daisey featured on This American Life have put the spotlight on Foxconn, the Taiwanese company whose massive Chinese factories manufacture some of the world's most popular consumer electronics.
As well as working with companies like Dell, Motorola, Nokia and Hewlett-Packard, Foxconn assembles popular Apple products like the iPhone and iPad.
Here's a quick look at what we know about Foxconn. (The company disputes workers' accounts of abusive conditions. In a 2010 company report, Foxconn said it promotes "employee respect, an atmosphere of trust, and personal dignity.")
Working for Foxconn
1.2 million: number of workers employed by Foxconn in China, according to the New York Times.
40: Estimated percent of the world's consumer electronics manufactured by Foxconn.
7: seconds it takes Foxconn's workers to complete a single step of their work, according to a survey cited by the New York Times.
12: Hours in a typical work shift, according to interviews with Foxconn employees.
83.2: Average hours of overtime worked each month, according to a 2010 survey of Foxconn employee.
13: age of a Foxconn employee Mike Daisey interviewed outside the gates of a Foxconn plant in Shenzen.
91: cases of underage labor found by Apple's audits of its suppliers in 2010, the year Daisey visited China.
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