Riot Breaks Out At Foxconn

Presto Vivace writes with news (as reported by Engadget) of a riot at Foxconn's Taiyuan plant, reportedly over guards beating up a worker, and writes "Something is going on at Foxconn. Do any Slashdotters know of a good source for news about Chinese labor disputes?" Reports of the riot are also at Reuters, TUAW, and CNBC, to name a few.

Comments

Re:Who cares?

[atriusofbricia]

I know dude!

Here I am, buying cheap electronic components, and I know that by doing so I support a state
where the police can arrest you if they don't like the way you look and your papers don't convince them that you are a good citizen.
A place where any worker can just be fired and replaced without reason.
A state, where workers have no right to organize and might even be arrested for trying.
  -But on the other hand, I like the cheap stuff I get from Arizona.

Hey, know what's so insightful and awesome about this post? Nothing.

Do you have even a single example of someone being arrested for trying to form a Union? Oh, none? Awesome.

A single example of a US citizen being arrested for the way they look and not having papers?

If you really think the situation here is even remotely similar to there, then you are clearly very clueless. Go travel. See the world. Come back when you've acquired a clue.

Image fabricated

[SuperKendall]

You do realize that image is a fabrication, right? On the iPad currently maps correctly labels the countries.

How easily are the Apple Haters fooled...