I dont really know what the conditions are like for this factory but if the conditions are that bad then these people dont really have to work there. No one is pointing a gun at their heads and telling them to work here.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Current Events Week 6
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/technology/foxconn-plant-in-china-closed-after-worker-riot.html?_r=0
In China at the Foxconn plant there was riot. this is the factory that Apple is using for its new iPhone 5's. The riot involved over 1,000 of the 79,000 employees at the factory in Taiyuan. Over 5,000 police officers were called in the stop the riot. The Foxconn plant has been in the news recently for worker suicides and poor working conditions. The whole country of China has also been under scrutiny for its poor working conditions.
I dont really know what the conditions are like for this factory but if the conditions are that bad then these people dont really have to work there. No one is pointing a gun at their heads and telling them to work here.
I dont really know what the conditions are like for this factory but if the conditions are that bad then these people dont really have to work there. No one is pointing a gun at their heads and telling them to work here.
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