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[Barcamp Abidjan] How Gadgets Are Perpetuating Atrocities In Congo [Manufacturing ...: A new spate of suicides during Foxconn factories brought inspection to a operative conditions in a factories where big-brand gadgets have been manufactured. But tracing tool courage to their vegetable sources reveals which Foxconn overtime is distant from a ugliest couple of a supply chain.

[TechKive] TechKive » Blog Archive » How Gadgets Are Perpetuating Atrocities ...: A recent spate of suicides at Foxconn factories brought scrutiny to the working conditions in the factories where big-brand gadgets are manufactured.

[MURKETING] True gadget transparency: In the works!: In response to this morning's Consumed column ”” in which I pivoted from the flurry of news stories about suicides at the Foxconn factories in China and suggested that a more meaningful form of “transparency” in a global consumer .

[High Tech Gadgets] Horrible Suicide Deaths by Workers at Foxconn Factory Shenzhen ...: The work conditions in the big factory in Shenzhen are most likely not excellent. Foxconn makes billions of bucks in profits and one employee when talking about the work conditions had this to assert : I love to sometimes drop things so I'll bend down and pick them up.

[Find Tech News] Foxconn Unveils Latest Suicide Prevention Gambit | Find Tech News: The two new managers of the sites, Shenzhen CPM Property Management Co. and Kaiyuan Property Management, will work with the company, local government, labor unions and worker committees to create a more comfortable living environment that is more engaged with the community, it said.

[Business Insider] The Shocking Conditions Inside China's Brutal Foxconn Factory: These people are flocking to the cities for these jobs, because as much as Foxconn sucks, it sucks even more on the farm...it sucks as much as it sucked on farms here before the industrial revolution, when people DIED of starvation and disease in large numbers..and Foxconn probably sucks just as much as it sucked to work in the first factories here and in the rest of the west...from a big picture perspective, the "Soft slaves" in china are better off in that the exposure of their plight in articles like this combined with the pace of economic growth in china, will likely allow them to go through this transformation in 1 or 2 generations instead of the 10 or 15 it took western civilizations: They will make a little money, and the flood of farmers will slow, and they will get some leverage, and then they will get pissed about their working conditions, and they will demand more, and they will get more, and then they will demand more, and then....they will run up huge deficits by paying out over-funded taxpayer-supported pensions and health care, and they will have EVERYTHING that we have!

[Gadget News - BackLINK] A Night in the Life of a Foxconn Worker [Foxconn] | Gadget News ...: After a unreasonable of workman suicides brought inspection to the operative conditions in Foxconn’s factories, a little abhorrence stories fast came to light. Now, the Times has followed a workman by his normal night-shift, convention a little 1,600 tough drives.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Foxconn, maker of iPad and other gadgets, raises pay 30 pct ...: more imagesFoxconn defends labor practices after 8th suicideTAIPEI, Taiwan ”” Taiwan's Foxconn Technology, a contract maker of the iPhone and other consumer electronics, insisted Wednesday its treatment of workers is world class after a female employee became the company's eighth Chinese worker to commit suicide this year. "We regret to see the recurrence of such incidents," Foxconn said in statement that came a day after a 24-year-old Foxconn factory worker surnamed Chu killed herself by jumping from her rented apartment in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

[NeonPunch: Hong Kong's Gadget & Gear Buying Guide Blog] Is Foxconn Leaving China? : NeonPunch: Hong Kong's Gadget & Gear ...: Also depending on who you quote there are between 250,000 and 800,00 employees at Foxconn all who could be downsized because of the suicides or shuttered completely.

[PC Mike Wendland's Tech Blog] How Gadgets Are Perpetuating Atrocities In Congo [Manufacturing ...: A recent spate of suicides at Foxconn factories brought scrutiny to the working conditions in the factories where big-brand gadgets are manufactured. But tracing gadget guts to their mineral sources reveals that Foxconn overtime is far from the ugliest link of the supply chain.

[TweetMeme - Technology] How Gadgets Are Perpetuating Atrocities In Congo: A recent spate of suicides at Foxconn factories brought scrutiny to the working conditions in the factories where big-brand gadgets are manufactured. But tracing gadget guts to their mineral sources reveals that Foxconn overtime is far from the ugliest link of the supply chain. More » Foxconn - Supply chain - Congo - Apple - Business

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Taiwan scholars criticize iPhone maker Foxconn after suicides at ...: more imagesFoxconn defends labor practices after 8th suicideTAIPEI, Taiwan ”” Taiwan's Foxconn Technology, a contract maker of the iPhone and other consumer electronics, insisted Wednesday its treatment of workers is world class after a female employee became the company's eighth Chinese worker to commit suicide this year. "We regret to see the recurrence of such incidents," Foxconn said in statement that came a day after a 24-year-old Foxconn factory worker surnamed Chu killed herself by jumping from her rented apartment in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

[CY.TALK News Blog] Foxconn to close factories in China and re-open in Taiwan | CY ...: Beyond putting an end to the suicide compensation program, Tai-ming said Foxconn is considering moving its main production lines back to Taiwan and using more automated production – as well as selling the company’s dormitories to the local government so that authorities could take responsibility for the living conditions.

[TechKive] TechKive » Blog Archive » Germany Insists Apple Divulge Location ...: A recent spate of suicides at Foxconn factories brought scrutiny to the working conditions in the factories where big-brand gadgets are manufactured.

[Gadget Venue] T-Mobile US Upgrade to offer 4G Speeds in More Places: its millions now in FOXCONN factory but they will release only hundreds thousands then it will show to their system they don’t have stock anymore even they have more, for the people to be more excited & feel the APPLE products are so good that people lining up &

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