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Behind the Scenes With Samsung's Factory Workers
itwbennett writes "The young women working at Samsung's factory in Tianjin, China like their jobs about as much as factory workers anywhere. The work is boring and tiring, but it pays ok and there are perks (like air conditioning in the dorms), says 19-year-old Zhao Caixia. One 23-year-old woman, who assembles 200-300 camera lenses a day, told the IDG News Service's Michael Kan: 'You just keep doing the same thing over and over. There is nothing really to like, but nothing to really dislike either.' Labor rights group China Labor Watch tells a different story (PDF). One day after Samsung said it would audit its suppliers in China, the group reported cases of excessive overtime (exceeding 100 hours per month) and exhausting working conditions, with employees being made to stand for up to 12 hours for a single shift."
Why would we care about working conditions at a non-Apple factory?
I mean, Apple invented near slave labor conditions in China to build iProducts. Pretty sure Apple should take them to court for infringing on the "method of using Chinese for slave labor to build electronic devices while also increasing the suicide rate" patent
oh I know, I saw a story on 60 minutes, where "some guy" couldnt afford his frankly lavish house in california cause he lost his 40$ an hour car detailing job. 10 years older than I, I couldnt do anything but be boggled at how someone with an high school education doing a job that damn near any teenager does EVERY Saturday can sit in front of national TV and shed a tear.
Do they have lawns in Canada, that people may be told to get off them?
The real reason for the rounded corners: So workers can't slash their wrists with an iPad.
NO! this is just the attitude that has destroyed the western work ethic!
instead of telling them to get off our lawn, we should ask them to mow it.