Taiwan iPhone-maker Foxconn suffers another death

[sleepyhead]

Boo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...c/10169595.stm

I really would like to be a fly on the wall to see the working conditions.

[MadduckUK]

Boo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...c/10169595.stm

I really would like to be a fly on the wall to see the working conditions.

also - you couldn't fall off something if you were a fly

[Rob_B]

Are you saying foxconn are going to genetically mutate their employees Jeff-Goldbloom-stylee to avoid these deaths? That's taking it a bit far surely?

As for the story, the rate was lower than the average for the country considering the amount of employees, now it's rising as I expect the copycat effect is coming into play (remember that town where teenagers were doing it last year?) There is of course the story that employees familys are being paid 10 years salary if someone died & could be encouraging people to do it to support them, that's sad

[MadduckUK]

Are you saying foxconn are going to genetically mutate their employees Jeff-Goldbloom-stylee to avoid these deaths? That's taking it a bit far surely?

foxconn make apple stuff - jeff goldblum used a macbook to save the world... i dont know where this is all leading but i bet he is the answer to all this

[Singh400]

I really would like to be a fly on the wall to see the working conditions.

Undercover Chinese reporter exposes Foxconn working conditions (update: full English translation).