Foxconn Increases Wages, Raises Pay By 16-25% For Chinese Workers TechCrunch
Foxconn is under increased scrutiny as of late. The nearly 40-year old company assembles a big portion of the world’s electronic goods but many are questioning its treatment of workers. But nothing calms a troubled soul like cash. The company just released a statement indicating pay raises for Chinese workers just before the Fair Trade Association is set to interview employees about life at Foxconn.
The base pay of junior level worker in Shenzhen is now at 1,800 yuan ($290) per month and, if the worker passes a technical examination, it will be raised to 2,200 yuan. Three years ago the base pay was just 900 yuan per month.
LP - Think it could have anything to do with the negative publicity Apple has gotten lately.
Showing posts with label Communist China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Communist China. Show all posts
Friday, February 17, 2012
Funny thing happened to Steve Jobs on the way to canonization
I just think about all the crap of Steve Jobs going into heaven to sound of angels. It just makes you want to throw up. He works more than 40 hours net worth seven billion. The people who made his products working more than 40 hours make make $8 for each ipad as opposed to Apple bringing in $150 per ipad.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com
Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com
The explosion ripped through Building A5 on a Friday evening last May, an eruption of fire and noise that twisted metal pipes as if they were discarded straws.
¶When workers in the cafeteria ran outside, they saw black smoke pouring from shattered windows. It came from the area where employees polished thousands of iPad cases a day.
¶Two people were killed immediately, and over a dozen others hurt. As the injured were rushed into ambulances, one in particular stood out. His features had been smeared by the blast, scrubbed by heat and violence until a mat of red and black had replaced his mouth and nose.
¶“Are you Lai Xiaodong’s father?” a caller asked when the phone rang at Mr. Lai’s childhood home. Six months earlier, the 22-year-old had moved to Chengdu, in southwest China, to become one of the millions of human cogs powering the largest, fastest and most sophisticated manufacturing system on earth. That system has made it possible for Apple and hundreds of other companies to build devices almost as quickly as they can be dreamed up.
LP - They should have talked to these guys when the American media was busy annointing Steve Jobs.
The explosion ripped through Building A5 on a Friday evening last May, an eruption of fire and noise that twisted metal pipes as if they were discarded straws.
¶When workers in the cafeteria ran outside, they saw black smoke pouring from shattered windows. It came from the area where employees polished thousands of iPad cases a day.
¶Two people were killed immediately, and over a dozen others hurt. As the injured were rushed into ambulances, one in particular stood out. His features had been smeared by the blast, scrubbed by heat and violence until a mat of red and black had replaced his mouth and nose.
¶“Are you Lai Xiaodong’s father?” a caller asked when the phone rang at Mr. Lai’s childhood home. Six months earlier, the 22-year-old had moved to Chengdu, in southwest China, to become one of the millions of human cogs powering the largest, fastest and most sophisticated manufacturing system on earth. That system has made it possible for Apple and hundreds of other companies to build devices almost as quickly as they can be dreamed up.
LP - They should have talked to these guys when the American media was busy annointing Steve Jobs.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Who needs unions? Not Apple or Communist China. They appear to be in business together
31 cents and hour and 12 years in jail for trying to form a union. Thank God we have the apple job creators.
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