Foxconn refuses to recruit Chinese engineers for the Wisconsin facility
The Taiwan-based electronics company said Tuesday that its priority is to hire workers from Wisconsin and other parts of the United States.
"We can categorically say that the claim that we recruit Chinese personnel to employees in our Wisconsin project is false," Foxconn said. "Our recruitment priority remains Wisconsin first and we continue to focus on hiring and training workers from all over Wisconsin. We will complement the recruitment from other US locations as needed."
Walker's opponent, Democrat Tony Evers, has criticized the package for redirecting resources from other government projects, such as road repairs.
Wisconsin plant will build flat screens. When announced in 201[ads1]7, Walker promised that it would help create a Silicon Valley with well-paid tech jobs in Wisconsin.
But with the state enjoying record low unemployment, it will be difficult to find Wisconsin workers to fill the 13,000 jobs that Foxconn expects to hire. Wisconsin unemployment was 3.0% in September, well below the national average of 3.7% and close to record low achieved earlier this year.
There is also concern that Foxconn will create labor shortages for other established Wisconsin companies that try to hang on the employees they have. Foxconn is expected to pay an average of $ 53,000 for all workers at the factory.
The company has announced a $ 100 million gift to the University of Wisconsin's main campus in Madison in support of its engineering program.