Foxconn workers threatened mass suicide for their working conditions
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Foxconn workers threatened mass suicide for their working conditions
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#2I would say that is checkmate Foxconn
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#3I would say that is checkmate Foxconn
What if Foxconn just doesn't respond? Would anything actually happen to them if the people mass suicided?
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#4So all the people working there who are willing to take extreme measures to improve the working conditions are planning to eliminate themselves from the equation? Seems like they're doing Foxconn a favor. What ever happened to going on strike?
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if Foxconn just doesn't respond? Would anything actually happen to them if the people mass suicided?
Would you buy a bloodPhone?
Considering how much was already known about the working conditions as well as suicides at Foxconn, it hasn't slowed down sales. I'm sure a mass suicide would get more media attention, but who knows how it would actually affect their bottom line.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if Foxconn just doesn't respond? Would anything actually happen to them if the people mass suicided?
Would you buy a bloodPhone?
Foxconn builds a lot more than iPhones. Take a look at all their customers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Major_customers If you own computer equipment or a smart phone, there's a pretty good chance that something that you own was made at Foxconn.
And that's partly why it wouldn't matter. People generally connect Foxconn with Apple stuff, and will then boycott by buying other computing products that are also manufactured by Foxconn.
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#8So all the people working there who are willing to take extreme measures to improve the working conditions are planning to eliminate themselves from the equation? Seems like they're doing Foxconn a favor. What ever happened to going on strike?
Going on strike in China is suicide...
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#9I think it's time for me to check out of the smartphone game. I really like them for travel, but this is crazy.
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#10So all the people working there who are willing to take extreme measures to improve the working conditions are planning to eliminate themselves from the equation? Seems like they're doing Foxconn a favor. What ever happened to going on strike?
Going on strike in China is suicide ...
Well, if they're planning on killing themselves anyways, what's the difference?