









Source: CNN

Comments     Threshold


RE: .
By HrilL on 2/9/2012 12:34:06 PM , Rating: 3
Apple has the highest profit margins in the tech world. Even giving these poor people a 30% raise wouldn't bring their profit down much. I mean 150% markup on idevices is insane. Why can't they treat their workers humanely and still profit at 130%? Seem like Apples greed is far too great to be overcome.

One thing to note we don't hear anything about working killing theselves and having mass protests at any other foxcon factories than the ones that make Apple products. That leads me to believe Apple is pushing foxcon to up production on the same lines too much to the point that workers are stuck in hellish conditions.

RE: .
By tayb on 2/9/2012 1:52:14 PM , Rating: 1
Foxconn manufacturers products for dozens of tech companies. You will be extremely hard pressed to buy a cell phone or any computer without some part touching a Foxconn factory. The notion that Apple is behind this abuse of labor is just ridiculous. They are involved, for sure, but so are companies such as HP, Toshiba, Dell, etc. Apple doesn't employ these people, Foxconn does. You think it is fair for the employees working at the Apple factory to receive higher wages while the rest of the factory workers continue to suffer? Epic idea.

You have fallen for sensationalist journalism. They always mention Apple because Apple grabs headlines.

RE: .
By V-Money on 2/9/2012 2:20:11 PM , Rating: 4
I think you're missing the point, the reason people focus on Apple is because of their huge profit margins. People love cheap products (price wise), and even though none of us want (to think about)effective slave labor, we also don't want to pay higher prices. For certain items it can be worth paying more since the quality is better, like cutco knives or snapon tools, but they are also made in different places then their competition. Since as you mentioned mostly everyone has their products created by Foxconn, they only cost more because Apple charges more. In essence to get people to stop singling out Apple they would either need to up their standards relative to competition, or charge less.

RE: .
By tayb on 2/9/12, Rating: 0
RE: .


RE: .


RE: .
By TSS on 2/9/2012 11:55:55 PM , Rating: 2
I just read today that apple's market value is bigger then microsoft and google COMBINED.

It's no longer about the margins. They have more money then scrooge mcduck. It's time they stopped being as stingy as him.

That there's practical slave labor in china, big deal. The working conditions now are already much better then they where 30 years ago. At some point, the chinese themselves won't tolerate this anymore, just like we got labor-laws here in europe around the 1900's (there where NO child protection laws before that and they died on the workfloor on a regular basis) simply because the people where sick of it and it was no longer needed.

Apple obviously no longer needs to use such bare-minimum working conditions because they can afford better. That's why they are targetted. And rightfully so.

