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Foxconn Technology Group says it is investigating a factory it operates that makes Amazon devices, including Kindles, after an in-depth report by advocacy group China Labor Watch criticized its "appalling working conditions," including excessive hours and over-reliance on temporary workers.
"We are carrying out a full investigation of the areas raised by the report, and if found to be true, immediate actions will be taken to bring the operations into compliance with our Code of Conduct," Taiwan-based Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., told Reuters.
New York-based China Labor Watch says its investigators were sent to the factory, which is located in south central China in Hunan Province's Hengyang city and also makes Amazon's Echo Dot Bluetooth speakers and tablets, from August 2017 to April 2018.
During that time, the group says it found that dispatch, or temporary, workers made up more than 40% of the workforce, far exceeding the 10% limit set by Chinese law. Dispatch workers were also treated very differently than regular workers, receiving far less safety training and no overtime wages. Instead, dispatch workers were paid the same rate, or 14.5 RMB ($2.26) an hour for both normal and overtime hours.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Tuesday June 12 2018, @11:18AM (11 children)
At Foxconn?
Don't. believe. it.
Not Foxconn.....all lies.....oh shit: another jumper. Told them they should install nets here as well.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @11:50AM (10 children)
Dude, those workplace protections & regulations they're violating don't even exist in the USA: https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/temps-around-the-world [propublica.org]
Fact of the matter is, not only are they're being paid comparatively well to Americans when taking cost-of-living into account, their suicide rates are lower than the US and Chinese average: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides#Analysis [wikipedia.org]
Seriously bro, you're a brain washed slave. Get a clue.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday June 12 2018, @01:06PM (2 children)
Dude... take the pickle out and eat it. Make sure you wash off the brown stuff first.
Seriously, brah...the brown stuff is nasty.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @01:40PM (1 child)
Do you have any alternate data or are you simply reduced to name calling?
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday June 12 2018, @05:32PM
I'm called dude, I call you dude.
I'm called bro, I call you brah.
Other than that, what's with the name calling thing?
Man, that must be one big pickle.
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(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday June 12 2018, @02:02PM (3 children)
That's your rebuff? A summary of a lazy comparison that compares the suicide rate of a company to an entire nation of over a billion people. Repeat with me now: The solution to pollution is dilution.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @03:31PM (2 children)
What a better metric? Don't people commit suicide at European factories?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @04:55PM (1 child)
They are doing it in private, not while at work.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @09:17PM
Some people like to shit at work (while they are getting paid), some like to use their own toilet. Cultural differences are fascinating.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @03:40PM
I wonder if there's something about the building that makes it an attractive place to commit suicide?
(Score: 2, Troll) by stretch611 on Tuesday June 12 2018, @04:13PM
Well, Duuuuude,
All you need to do is add some "fake news" exclamations to your post and then you can post it as @realDonaldTrump
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday June 12 2018, @11:10PM
That was my feeling as well:
Looks like China has copied the US in using permatemps.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @12:21PM (5 children)
Are you going to stop buying cheap shit?
Fuck you, reader.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday June 12 2018, @01:59PM (2 children)
No, I'm just going to buy the shit from https://aliexpress.com [aliexpress.com] or https://www.banggood.com [banggood.com] - their people make the shit, their people sell it, their responsibility for the arrangement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @02:40PM (1 child)
I don't understand this joke?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @02:53PM
How would I know? Do you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @02:11PM
They must become real slaves, or be replaced by A.I. Amazon Alexa slaves.
It is the way.
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Tuesday June 12 2018, @07:18PM
Would a general boycott of cheap shit lead to better working conditions for anyone?
Foxconn is going to "investigate." They may very well get away with not actually changing anything, but at least they acknowledge that they are supposed to care about this.