It seems that Foxconn cannot keep itself out of the news and for all of the wrong reasons. After several highly-publicized suicides by Foxconn workers, a new leaked report shows that not much has actually changed at Foxconn. The Beijing-based Global Times reported on a study conducted by 60 teachers and students from 20 Universities in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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Originally posted by stuntman: sad these people go through this so we can use an ipad
most apple goods, PS3 is made by foxconn, (remember sonys big announcement to reduce cost by using slave labour, foxconn)!
nintendoWII, Dell products, Nokia oyj, hewlett packard, VGA/Sound cards, MOBO's. and many more companies that are willing to use slaves for profit.
labour camps are the American capitalist dream, use slaves to build the merchandise, then sell the product for huge profit margins, whats everyone getting tetchy about, these slaves only stole your jobs as they were outsourced one by one with the backing of your governments....
Where is the revolution, I know most works would be afraid to walk off the job but if they make no money and get enough attention they can attempt to gain their rights back or walk away from it. I know that it may be difficult due to people need to support their family's but how much blood is worth these major company's profits.
By the looks of it Billions for the corporations and nothing for the hard workers.
We are talking about china here...you don't just go out into the streets for a protest. It is slave labor...and they are happy to have it because at least they get a slave's serving of rice. One day there will be a violent, bloody revolution...and then China will be free to elect another tyrant who is even worse.
