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In reply to the discussion: Hundreds of Foxconn employees threaten suicide [View all]Javaman
(62,534 posts)18. did anyone listen to this past sunday's "This American Life"? They did a piece on
Foxconn and the whole city in china that builds our crap.
We should be embarassed.
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Yeah...it kind of hurts the "brand" when your wageslaves start killing themselves...
Ken Burch
Jan 2012
#57
If the future of America is in the corporatist's hands, we'll be the next China.
HughBeaumont
Jan 2012
#2
Shadowflash is referring to a particularly ugly dispute going on in Ontario right now
Posteritatis
Jan 2012
#48
2000 is more in line with the average, but still a little below the average.
Suji to Seoul
Jan 2012
#34
Yeah, I'm concluding many are pretty lame, moreover, they seem proud of it ... I told
RKP5637
Jan 2012
#36
They are slave labor. If they report to the government union (other unions are illegal)
Hissyspit
Jan 2012
#32
We are talking about China. Foxconn workers are basically at the mercy of the corporate overlords
think
Jan 2012
#14
I have a lot to learn about China and the economic realities there. Thank you for your input
think
Jan 2012
#38
More to your point the workers know that to protest en masse could be tantamount to suicide as well.
think
Jan 2012
#17
Given the choice of slavery, starvation in shame or suicide, some people would opt for the latter.
Lars77
Jan 2012
#19
A man collapsed dead last year in that factory after working 34 hours straight.
ChadwickHenryWard
Jan 2012
#37
Looks to me as though we need a Chinese Charles Dickens to answer these question. nt
patrice
Jan 2012
#41
did anyone listen to this past sunday's "This American Life"? They did a piece on
Javaman
Jan 2012
#18
Yes. It was devastating. EVERYONE who sees this post should click on that link
Hissyspit
Jan 2012
#30