^ nah. I don't find it a matter worthy of seeking legal assistance with. Will you get one if/when they hit streets?LoopStationZebra wrote:H20nly wrote:congrats dude... you've come a long way from not working outta-the-box.
it still sounds like you have Slate lust tho...
I have Slate Lust big time. Sue me.
H20nly wrote:^ nah. I don't find it a matter worthy of seeking legal assistance with. Will you get one if/when they hit streets?LoopStationZebra wrote:H20nly wrote:congrats dude... you've come a long way from not working outta-the-box.
it still sounds like you have Slate lust tho...
I have Slate Lust big time. Sue me.
This is exactly why they need to return manufacturing jobs back to the US. Americans will do repetitive mundane tasks for 40+ years, will be happy to do it, and not once will they think they are a failure in life for doing so.
Apple declined to comment on the situation
No actual numbers given. Stupendous, Apple Smearing FAIL.Although the number of suicides is statistically in line with the Chinese average for young people, the rate of cases appears to be gathering speed.
Now we know that Foxconn has some 800,000 workers, which makes the situation looks even less conspiratorial. According to the World Health Organization, for every 100,000 people in China every year some 13 men and 14.8 women will commit suicide (compared to 11.8 men and 3.3 women in the U.K, for example). This means Foxconn's statistics are actually commensurate with the suicide rate norms for such a large community as its workforce, and in fact the employee suicide rate is below what you may expect for a random sampling of Chinese citizens.
dum wrote: ZOMFG!!!! jazzmutant are finally killed by iPad!!! ZOMFG!!!!!
I wonder if jazzmutant will be buried in the same plot as the working class chinese folk who build iPads ?
from the article:LoopStationZebra wrote: Foxconn's employee suicide rate has been either on par on lower than the AVERAGE suicide rate in China, and pretty much the same with other large corps in China.
In fact, the Telegraph article - rather RELUCTANTLY, I might add - goes on to mention something to this effect:
Although the number of suicides is statistically in line with the Chinese average for young people, the rate of cases appears to be gathering speed.
Anyway, you're right to summon the word 'disingenuous' in reference to the telegraph. It's a rag that i wouldn't wipe my arse with."You cannot compare the situation with the national average suicide rate," said Jin Shenghua, a professor of psychology at Beijing Normal University who was flying down to advise the company on the situation yesterday.
"When the rate of suicide jumps rapidly it is alarming. You can only compare this with the situation in other similar factories".
dum wrote:from the article:LoopStationZebra wrote: Foxconn's employee suicide rate has been either on par on lower than the AVERAGE suicide rate in China, and pretty much the same with other large corps in China.
In fact, the Telegraph article - rather RELUCTANTLY, I might add - goes on to mention something to this effect:
Although the number of suicides is statistically in line with the Chinese average for young people, the rate of cases appears to be gathering speed.Anyway, you're right to summon the word 'disingenuous' in reference to the telegraph. It's a rag that i wouldn't wipe my arse with."You cannot compare the situation with the national average suicide rate," said Jin Shenghua, a professor of psychology at Beijing Normal University who was flying down to advise the company on the situation yesterday.
"When the rate of suicide jumps rapidly it is alarming. You can only compare this with the situation in other similar factories".
LoopStationZebra wrote: Yes. The Telegraph doesn't like China.
I don't see this as an apple issue, this is a foxconn issue.A spate of recent suicides at Foxconn has highlighted the concerns over working conditions inside the giant Longhua factory, where 300,000 workers assemble goods for clients including Apple, Sony, Nintendo, Dell and Nokia.
) doesn't do 'something'. Like, dunno, find another Chinese factory (where the suicide rates will be pretty much the same ), or switch to India (where worker's rights are even more wretched ), or Mexico (where the Cartels demand enormous amounts of protection money. Remember the push by companies to manufacture in Mexico during the 90s? Of course you don't - because it lasted about a day. ). And every other company (as well as their respective HQ governments) gets a free pass.and truthfully, we're not any more innocent than Apple for buying the shit.LoopStationZebra wrote:Of course, this is what companies LUV about China. lol. Apple is not anymore innocent or guilty than the thousands of other Euro/Asian/Canadian/Australian/US/etc companies who have set up shop there.