WUHAN, CHINA -- Several hundred Foxconn workers today reportedly threatened to jump off a factory roof here in a protest over wages.

The protest is notable in that it comes just weeks after Foxconn, the common name of Hon Hai Precision Industry, agreed to raise salaries for its workers in China. That decision followed mass worker protests and consumer and media outrage over reports of worker abuse.

According to published reports, some 200 workers took to the roof after learning that their pay would be less than they had made at other Foxconn sites. A Hon Hai spokesman downplayed the event, saying that no one jumped and the dispute has been settled.

Foxconn has been relocating large volumes of production to inland China to avoid increased wage pressure and other problems associated with Shenzhen.

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今日据报道，数百名富士康工人威胁要跳下超过工资的抗议工厂屋顶。

值得注意的是，在这几个星期后，富士康，鸿海精密工业的通用名称，同意在中国工人的工资提高的抗议。这一决定随后的大规模工人抗议虐待工人的报告，消费者和媒体的愤怒。

根据公布的报告，约有200名工人走上屋顶，学习后，他们的薪酬会在其他富士康地点作出比他们少。鸿海精密一位发言人淡化事件，说，没有一个跳出争端得到解决。

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