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Working Conditions in China’s Apple iPod Factory ExposedPosted on Jun 14, 2006
The Mail on Sunday publishes an exposé on the conditions endured by iPod assemblers in China. Says a female worker: “We have to work too hard and I am always tired. It’s like being in the army. They make us stand still for hours. If we move, we are punished by being made to stand still for longer.” Salon link (reg req’d)
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By Cathy Stanfill, June 16, 2006 at 3:54 pm #
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Throughout history “slave” labor and or poor working conditions existed to build various things such as the railroads. The iPod factory in China is just another example of these types of places. The 21st century slave market and also cheap laborers throught the world are used to make many of our modern state-of-the-art electronic items. Electronics, clothing, cars, and food crops all use “cheap” labor or slave labor (or prisoners in some cases).
It’s all part of the world that we all live in.
Report thisBy Robert, June 15, 2006 at 7:06 pm #
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Hey, those of us who worked in industries that have been outsourced to China and other slave labor places. That’s the main reason the only jobs available to us now are McJobs. It’s not because of immigrant labor, however such may assist in keeping McJob wages down. Want to reverse your situation and get your factory jobs back? Well, the way to do this is to forget about this immigrant bashing that the Mininutement & KKK are promoting and, instead, join with immigrants and their supporters in the struggle for equitable pay (including benefits) & a fair shaire of America’s economic and justice pie for all workers, us included. Said move on our part goes by the name of solidarity . It’s what won whatever victories that working class America still enjoys, although whatever was won in the past is fast disappearing under the onslought of NAFTA, CAFTA & assorted other attacks by the powers that be on us ordinary folks/ .We best move quickly, too, because every day our situation gets worse
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