Apparently They're Fed Up In Asia Too

[Me.]

300 Chinese Foxconn Workers 'Threaten Mass Suicide' At XBox Plant, Reports Claim

“Around 300 Chinese workers who manufacture XBox consoles took to a factory roof and threatened bosses with mass suicide over a dispute about pay, unconfirmed reports have claimed.

The workers were employed at the Foxconn Technology Park in Wuhan in Hubei province. Foxconn is an independent, global manufacturing partner to companies including Apple, Microsoft and Sony."...cont...

"According to the reports the employees had asked bosses for a raise but in response were told to either quit with compensation or keep their jobs at their usual salary."...cont...

Most workers apparently decided to leave, but the company did not hand over the money as promised.”…cont…

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/10/300-chinese-foxconn-workers-threaten-mass-suicide_n_1196345.html

Sorry mods...hope this does it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Hold it... they produce X-Boxes?

I swear from all the bad rap (rightfully so) that Apple gets that it is ONLY Apple.

And yes, this is part of a pattern, They are early in the process but they will get rights, just as I fear we will lose them.

[Me.]

2. I Have Some Knowledge Of What Goes On

They bring workers in from the countryside, uneducated, many deprived of modern conveniences, decent food etc. When they get to the factories..at first they are thankful and glad to be there. But once they get used to flushing toilets and regular meals, and talk to those who have been there longer, they begin to want things. They want better clothes, rooms of their own instead of dormitories and that graduates to cars and what the rest of the world enjoys. They don't want to work long days for little pay and some would rather die.