5.04.2011

Apple supplier forces workers to sign 'no suicide' contract

Turtleneck Gandhi strikes again!

Factories making sought-after Apple iPads and iPhones in China are forcing staff to sign pledges not to commit suicide, an investigation has revealed.
At least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China have killed themselves in the last 16 months as a result of horrendous working conditions.
Many more are believed to have either survived attempts or been stopped before trying at the Apple supplier's plants in Chengdu or Shenzen.

But I guess if making their junk in a regulation free Objectivist Utopia like China keeps their massive profit margins intact, Apple is morally compelled drive their workers to despair and suicide...isn't that the logic?

Bravo, Turtleneck Ghandi, bravo!

2 comments:

Moorlock said...

China... regulation-free objectivist utopia...

Um... Maybe you let your rhetoric get out ahead of you this time.

baxie said...

Well, regulation free as far as *workers* are concerned. =D