Microsoft Corp. revealed on Wednesday that it is investigating reports of harsh working conditions at a Chinese factory that products products for the Redmond-based software giant. The National Labor Committee released a report on Tuesday about harsh treatment of workers at a KYE Systems Corp. factory in the city of Dongguan in Guangdong province.
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outsourcing to slave labour is the capitalist way, whats new as mostly every company does this that outsources to mexico, africa or asia, and our governments are happy for them to do this.
remember both the UK and the USA's wealth was based on slavery.
hhmm...it seems to me that because of the small amount of money they are paid, MS should be able to drop their prices for all of their worthless products.
Originally posted by Gnawnivek: Wow, it's a sad world isn't it? But I'm surprised that MS actually stands up for this. Well doubt or no doubt, it's still a good thing.
They are actually only doing this because of the pressure they are getting from it's original exposé reporting...Sorry but I have to say it ~ this is not surprising nor anything unexpected from MS. No different from any of their other products ranging from Windows to definitely the 360. They have a clear record of dealing with issues AFTER they get busted instead of doing it right from the start.
Originally posted by oner: They are actually only doing this because of the pressure they are getting from it's original exposé reporting...Sorry but I have to say it ~ this is not surprising nor anything unexpected from MS. No different from any of their other products ranging from Windows to definitely the 360. They have a clear record of dealing with issues AFTER they get busted instead of doing it right from the start.
and sony, they use foxconn to make their ps3's and foxconn have been exposed for their sweat shops many times, so do apple, nike, levis, coke, most pc chips, nvidia, ati, the list of unscrupulous globalist corporations is endless im afraid but what is more worrying is that people dont seem to care, as long as their shiny things are cheap. many western corporations have been implicated in assassinations of union leaders and promoters & destroy the planet for profit also.
You make a very valid point AV_Verbal and it should be of concern to all but it also has to be said that those who should be held responsible are not only the corporations but China's Government. But I don't want this to go too off topic so I won't go much into it as a whole, as I'm sure a lot of things about this (or similar) don't really have to be said as it's understood.
