Technology supplier Foxconn denied reports Tuesday that it is considering staffing its planned Wisconsin facility with Chinese workers due to the tight labor market in the state.
"We can categorically state that the assertion that we are recruiting Chinese personnel to staff our Wisconsin project is untrue," the Taiwan-based company, which supplies Apple, told The Wall Street Journal in a statement, after the publication reported that sources had said Foxconn may bring in Chinese personnel because of the American labor market.
According to The Wall Street Journal's sources, Foxconn Chairman Terry Ghou is struggling to find employees who want to relocate so many miles away. However, Foxconn said its commitment to Wisconsin "remains unchanged."
The company plans to hire 1,300 workers to "work on high-value production and engineering assignments" and in research and development.
"We continue to focus on hiring and training workers from throughout Wisconsin," the company said in a statement. "We will supplement that recruitment from other U.S. locations as required."
Foxconn is reportedly recruiting from high schools and colleges in the area to try to find workers, but Loretta Olson, owner of an Express Employment Professionals office near the plant told the Journal that she thinks Foxconn will still fall short of the labor it needs and have to recruit from outside the area.
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