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If you are thinking of the stories of Foxconn worker suicides a few years ago that turned out to be a big nothing. Their suicide rates were lower than US factor
by tzs 2y ago
If you are thinking of the stories of Foxconn worker suicides a few years ago that turned out to be a big nothing. Their suicide rates were lower than US factory workers of similar age.
It drew attention initially because they were reported as suicides at work whereas similar aged US factory workers that commit suicide usually do it at home. It turns out that Chinese workers who commit also usually do it at home, but in China workers at big factories like those of Foxconn often live in company owned housing.
- talldayo 2y agoI think they're referring to China's relaxed labor laws that permit the equivalent of slavery. To say nothing of the Uighurs, it's been long known that North Korean laborers are shipped there to work without pay in inhospitable and captive conditions: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68226271 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68226271 The Foxconn incidents were overblown, but it absolutely highlights the cognitive dissonance in Apple's principles of operations. It really is quite funny watching people pretend to care about Tim Cook bending the knee when we've already watched him acquiesce to authoritarianism for market access. We always knew Apple's dependence on China was unhealthy, but America is too allergic to regulation to deter them.
- bamboozled 2y agoHm no, I've seen Apple increase production in the USA and I thought that was the type of behavior we'd want to be rewarding?
- talldayo 2y agoApple has offshored so many of their hardware jobs that it would be a challenge for them to not increase production in the USA. It's been decades of Apple knowing this behavior is wrong, and they're still addicted to China regardless. I award no points until they actually sort out their manufacturing partners without relying on authoritarian control.