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ABC Previews 'Nightline' Visit to Foxconn's Chinese Factories
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I wonder if this will uncover anything. I doubt it, seems like it causes a big enough stir to get ratings but not provide any more detail than we could get from a website like this.
Also I agree with others - uncover Apple, but do it to Walmart and all the other big players that have shops in China.
Also I agree with others - uncover Apple, but do it to Walmart and all the other big players that have shops in China.
Well I think the shot in this preview of workers running to get a chance to audit for a job at foxconn doesn't lie.
Then begin investigating every single major corporation in the world as they have all likely had an employee kill themselves. You're nitpicking.
It sure doesn't look like the horrible working conditions that some people seem to think it is.
For a U.S. middle-class worker, it doesn't look like a fun job, but it's just ignorance to think that workers in poor countries can just jump to U.S.-level wages and conditions.
For a U.S. middle-class worker, it doesn't look like a fun job, but it's just ignorance to think that workers in poor countries can just jump to U.S.-level wages and conditions.
How very true! And the same people that complain about the working conditions would not be willing to pay $2,500 for an iPad...because it would cost that much or more if it were manufactured in the U.S.
According to the video, there are lots of people who have traveled to Foxconn just to get a chance to work at the factory and make $1.50 a day. The pay must be competitive in that part of the world, otherwise the people wouldn't be lining up to work there. Who am I to judge them?
It's common knowledge that China has a bargain priced labor market. They can mass produce high quality products at a low price. You blame Apple for looking for the best place to manufacture?
If you know the cost argument, then what are you saying? They should pay people $10 an hour to put components together?
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This is a damage control puff piece. Abc is owned by Disney, Bob Iger is on the apple board. (Steve was also on the Disney board and the largest share holder).
This will not have any damning info on apple or foxconn. This will show it in a positive light.
This won't be like a video version of the NPR report.
This is a damage control puff piece. Abc is owned by Disney, Bob Iger is on the apple board. (Steve was also on the Disney board and the largest share holder).
This will not have any damning info on apple or foxconn. This will show it in a positive light.
This won't be like a video version of the NPR report.
When was the last time you saw prospective factory workers in the USA have even 10% of the enthusiasm shown in this video?
Maybe the last product was made around the same time.
Um, no I am not. Save for the animal lovers that put the condition of animals over that of humans I agree with putting more eyes on these corporations. Especially if their workers are killing themselves within short time spans, or having anything suspicious going on.
Such as this poster said.
Or you can just live in a bubble never caring too much about what goes on outside of your house.
Agreed! But as others have said, putting Apple in the title will bring more attention.
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There are more people per thousand committing suicide in the GENERAL U.S. POPULATION and CERTAINLY in Detroit after the auto manufacturers' failures closed down most of area communities. Perhaps you should do the math before following the press blindly. Our founding fathers believed a free press would initiate citizens to become educated FURTHER not to blindly follow the latest iStory. What a disgrace we have become.
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There are more people per thousand committing suicide in the GENERAL U.S. POPULATION and CERTAINLY in Detroit after the auto manufacturers' failures closed down most of area communities. Perhaps you should do the math before following the press blindly. Our founding fathers believed a free press would initiate citizens to become educated FURTHER not to blindly follow the latest iStory. What a disgrace we have become.
and who tells me that what we see will be the truth?! it is so easy to manipulate movies these days!
Start a business in America yourself and manufacture goods if you are truly concerned about it.
I have to say, knowing how much Apple charges for their products, I am disgusted that they hire w/ a company like Foxconn that only pays it's employes $1.50 an hour. As much as I enjoy my Apple products, it makes me think twice about buying another.
People here would be even more excited about Apple as a company if they knew that the products were made right here in the USA. It would certainly help our economy too.
Made in the USA
Looks awesome and has a great ring to it.
People here would be even more excited about Apple as a company if they knew that the products were made right here in the USA. It would certainly help our economy too.
Made in the USA
Looks awesome and has a great ring to it.
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You and a few others completely miss the point about the chicken farm comment. I do not believe the poster of that comment was implying that chickens are as important as chinest labor workers. Yes, chickens live in brutal conditions, but it goes beyond just that. The industry providing you with the grub you stuff down your piehole on a daily basis is one of the filthiest and profit is the only thing important...not what you eat, what's actually in your food, or how it gets to your dinner plate. It's a good sign of times that people want to dig deeper into how their electronics are made but not their food.