The Factory That Makes The iPhone 5 Is Under Attack By Its Own Workers

8 responses to “The Factory That Makes The iPhone 5 Is Under Attack By Its Own Workers”

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   klanky

   September 25, 2012 at 10:41 am

   Why hasn’t there been any intervention by the UN over this? These people, slaves, basically, live a horrible life, just making products for the ignorant West..

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   1. 

      Mr Waffle

      September 25, 2012 at 10:49 am

      Westerners try to get involved and stop it all the time. But China says “stop butting in Westerners, this is OUR country and we will do things the way WE want”. China doesn’t want anybody else involved in its country.

      Plus, China is a permanent member of the Security Council, so can veto anything they want.

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   2. 

      meh

      September 25, 2012 at 4:40 pm

      because you are also part of the ignorant West. Conditions at Foxconn plants is actually one of the better ones in China. Same with their pay. Do you know why they don’t get paid more/have even better conditions? Because cheapass global companies like Apple etc want to make 200% profit (in some cases even more) to please their shareholders. And since western consumers are cheap and don’t want to pay for stuff, the global companies have to lower their sales price to remain competitive, this means they need to lower their cost base so they can keep their 200% profit. This means companies like foxconn gets paid less per item (they make it up by producing in greater numbers), and since they also want their profits for their shareholders/owners, this means they pay their employees as low as legally allowed.

      This is the price of capitalism. The same holds true in most industries, just take a look at farmers. Farmers get like 5? 10 cents? per chicken or some ridiculous number that’s just as low. After the transport costs, cleaning, plucking, temperature maintenance costs etc, supermarkets like Coles/Woolies still need to make a big profit to satisfy their shareholders. So they sell the chickens for like $15/kg. But then people complain it’s too expensive, so Coles/Woolies try to lower their cost base so they can remain competitive while maintaining their high profit margins etc.

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   3. 

      Steve

      September 25, 2012 at 8:08 pm

      Because poking your nose into other peoples’ business and dictating what is or isn’t ‘humane’ by your own biased perspective is extremely condescending. Foxconn is actually one of the ‘good guys’, the pay is steady, the work conditions are tough but not sweatshop-bad, almost anyone can get a job there regardless of education etc.

      Yes, it’s tough for privileged Westerners, but they have very different standards from us. Compared to work conditions during the Great Leap Forward or even the late 90s, Foxconn is extremely cushy. The average youth and work and make money to luxuries like phones, computers and games, instead of living day-by-day. The conditions would change as China becomes more affluent and fixes their human rights legislation, not by an external power like the UN (which China’s a permanent member) enforcing rules.

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2. 

   Tom

   September 25, 2012 at 10:49 am

   Because no one cares and everyone wants money very sad

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3. 

   ShaunOfTheFuzz

   September 25, 2012 at 10:51 am

   I’m not buying any more Apple, Microsft, Acer, etc, products while these guys are manufacturing them.
   I can live without the gadgets, but I can’t even imagine living in that factory.

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4. 

   Aliasalpha

   September 25, 2012 at 11:29 am

   Wonder how many police they’ll need to deploy before someone starts wondering if there’s a slighty better way to handle the situation, like maybe making their employees less unhappy

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5. 

   LevonJP

   September 25, 2012 at 1:23 pm

   Unfortunately when you have over a billion people and absolutely no regard for human rights, there’s always more “workers”.

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