Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices
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#2The company said in a statement: “We have doubled the oversight and monitoring of the internship program with each relevant partner school to ensure that, under no circumstances, will interns [be] allowed to work overtime or nights."
My dear Chinese friends, does Chinese govt bother to punish FoxConn for this or overtime is just norm in industry ?
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#3Sure, they don’t sleep yet they are able to assemble complex electrical equipment. Perfect reasonable, no need to question. I’ve also always believed it when told there are people who work three full time jobs. What amazing people!
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#4>Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hours
16 is a legal age to work in many places of Europe, including my very own country. What exactly am I missing here?
Also isn't it a bit manipulative to call a 16 year old teenager a "schoolchild"?
Re: Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices
#5>Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hours 16 is a legal age to work in many places of Europe, including my very own country. What exactly am I missing here? Also isn't it a bit manipulative to call a 16 year old teenager a "schoolchild"?
Are they in school?
Re: Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices
#6>Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hours 16 is a legal age to work in many places of Europe, including my very own country. What exactly am I missing here? Also isn't it a bit manipulative to call a 16 year old teenager a "schoolchild"?
Are they in school?
That's what happens with manipulative things, they don't necessarily have to be wrong, but they are still manipulative. Go to Google Images, search for "schoolchildren", and tell me if any of those children look 16.
Re: Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices
#7>Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hours 16 is a legal age to work in many places of Europe, including my very own country. What exactly am I missing here? Also isn't it a bit manipulative to call a 16 year old teenager a "schoolchild"?
Are they in school?
They are in a trade school, the work was setup by the school (and was probably “required”) as is common practice in China (whether that is a moral thing or not).
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are they in school?
They are in a trade school, the work was setup by the school (and was probably “required”) as is common practice in China (whether that is a moral thing or not).
Which is also legal in some places of Europe, it's called "practicing" or whatever.
Re: Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
They are in a trade school, the work was setup by the school (and was probably “required”) as is common practice in China (whether that is a moral thing or not).
Which is also legal in some places of Europe, it's called "practicing" or whatever.
I think the system in Europe is more about practicing skilled trade than just doing unskilled factory work. If this story was about kids apprenticing to be plumbers, then I think there would be much less outrage.
Re: Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices
#10>Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hours 16 is a legal age to work in many places of Europe, including my very own country. What exactly am I missing here? Also isn't it a bit manipulative to call a 16 year old teenager a "schoolchild"?
It’s newspeak. They’re “children” if you’re talking about work or being held responsible for their actions. They’re “independent young adults” if you’re talking about sex, drugs, or freedom to make bad and expensive life decisions.