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BoscoX -> RE: Foxconn (7/28/2017 8:54:15 AM)
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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle
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servantforuse
The subject was Foxconn. Remember.?
It's one thing to hear that new jobs are being created, and usually a good thing too. But the optimism that accompanies an announcement like this can sometimes blind people to negatives factors. There are good reasons to have a few reservations about Foxconn, the company which is behind the new plants and jobs.
Foxconn achieved international notoriety not because of the quality of its products, or its success but because it was the company responsible for the notorious "Suicide City" at its Shenzen China mega-factory. You can read all about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides
"The Foxconn suicides were a spate of suicides linked to low pay at the so-called "Foxconn City" industrial park in Shenzhen, China, that occurred alongside several additional suicides at various other Foxconn-owned locations and facilities in Mainland China.[1] Within 2010, there was 18 attempted suicides by Foxconn (Chinese: 富士康) employees resulting in 14 deaths in the same year.[2][3][4] The series of suicides drew media attention, and employment practices at Foxconn—one of the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturers—were investigated by several of its customers, including Apple and Hewlett-Packard (HP)."
In fact, Foxconn is well known as the world's largest high-end electronics manufacturer, [6] and the third-largest information technology company by revenue (tied with Amazon).[7] It's customers cover almost all of the major high-profile companies in the world— Apple, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony.[5] At the same time, Foxconn has steeped in controversy about Sweatshop for a very long time, and both sides have their argument.
Dreadful working conditions, long brain numbing shifts of repetitive work, insane production targets accompanied by relentless pressure to meet these targets, appalling living conditions and an arrogant management that ignored all the warning signs all contributed to a spate of suicides by workers driven out of their wits and way beyond their pain thresholds. One investigation reported that the company's management style was "inhumane and abusive" (op cit). Foxconn denied any responsibility for the suicides, and their initial response was to force workers to sign a 'no suicide' pledge, and to install netting in the open areas between dormitory floors to prevent their workers jumping to their deaths.
It is not known if the company intends to implement the same management style in its new taxpayer subsidised plants in the USA. One can only hope it has learnt from its past mistakes. These concerns are all the more urgent given the poor record of the State in question in the area of fair labour practices as others have highlighted above.
They can do anything in China, including pump massive carbon into the atmosphere, which begs the question - why do leftards do all they can to push our manufacturing there
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