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China’s Poverty, Inhumane Work, and The U.S Economy

China’s Poverty, Inhumane Work, and The U.S Economy. Djery Clement. Technology is Moving Fast. We Can’t Live Without Them!. Wii Xbox 360 iPhone iPad iKindle MacBook Pro. But wait…?. Where do they all come from?. Look No F a rther than China. The Ominous Foxconn Factories.

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China’s Poverty, Inhumane Work, and The U.S Economy

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  1. China’s Poverty, Inhumane Work, and The U.S Economy Djery Clement

  2. Technology is Moving Fast

  3. We Can’t Live Without Them! • Wii • Xbox 360 • iPhone • iPad • iKindle • MacBook Pro

  4. But wait…?

  5. Where do they all come from?

  6. Look No Farther than China

  7. The Ominous Foxconn Factories pcworld.com

  8. Made by Employees, NotMachines http://www.nicaraguanbugle.com/2012/09/25/2000-workers-riot-in-foxconn-factory-in-china/

  9. Cramped Living Conditions • 10 people a room • Constant surveillance • Restricted activities • Mandatory Rent

  10. Work Management • Working 10-12 hours a day • Low wages • Constant pressure • Everyday humiliation • Cruel treatment

  11. The average American can afford to pay $321 for aniPhone…

  12. … But a Foxconn worker has to work for 3 months to afford one

  13. Constant pressure… No escape…http://www.daa.org.uk/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01entryid=318&cntnt01returnid=98

  14. Suicide is the only way out http://articles.businessinsider.com/2010-05-27/tech/29964714_1_foxconn-suicide-nets

  15. Workers choose to jump from Foxconn windows… chinaworker.info

  16. Or hang themselves . . .

  17. Foxconn’s Solution • Nets around factories • Contracts preventing suicide http://svtc.org/blog/advocacy/the-foxconn-suicides/

  18. Even Worse…

  19. Foxconn have been using students and interns impunitywatch.com

  20. They are told they will not graduate if they don’t work

  21. Students’Working Conditions • 70% of an adult’s pay • Dismissed from education • Working overnight up to 10 hours

  22. http://www.mactrast.com/2012/09/report-chinese-students-are-being-forced-to-intern-in-foxconn-factories/http://www.mactrast.com/2012/09/report-chinese-students-are-being-forced-to-intern-in-foxconn-factories/

  23. At the Same Time…

  24. The government is working together with Foxconn for profit, using these very students!!

  25. Some students have even resorted to suicide

  26. Foxconn’srevenue $117.5 billion

  27. But they can’t even pay attention to their workers well-being

  28. And all of that profit goes to increase the U.S. economy

  29. Surely there must be a solution…

  30. Improving the working conditions of the employees…

  31. …wouldn’t be a bad place to start!

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