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Foxconn, which makes products for Apple, Microsoft, and others, said today that it had reached a deal with the protesting employees, the NYT reported. Most of those workers will return to work, although Foxconn also said that 45 workers involved in the dispute had resigned.
Earlier this month, workers at Foxconn's Xbox factory in China grew disgruntled after their requests for pay raises were denied. On January 2, the employees reportedly said they would stage a mass suicide--by jumping off the roof of the factory--if their demands were not met.
Microsoft took the threats seriously and immediately launched an internal investigation into the matter. Although that investigation is still ongoing, the company announced what Foxconn reiterated today, telling CNET that a deal had been reached.
"It is our understanding that the worker protest was related to staffing assignments and transfer policies, not working conditions," a Microsoft representative told CNET yesterday. "Due to regular production adjustments, Foxconn offered the workers the option of being transferred to alternative production lines or resigning and receiving all salary and bonuses due, according to length of service. After the protest, the majority of workers chose to return to work. A smaller portion of those employees elected to resign."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57358025-92/foxconn-settles-with-workers-who-threatened-mass-suicide/
Javaman
(62,534 posts)that's where all the jobs will go next once the Chinese finally all stand up for their rights.
corps will just find the next corrupt government to exploit for profit.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)The noose is tightening.
We'll either put up tariffs against this nonsense or the world will simply run out of places to find cheap labor.
The pro-Free Traitors refuse to see it coming.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)but the corps believe they will have everything under their control by then.
someone else on DU said something to the effect of "ego rarely ever sees the guillotine blade".
They will eventually be done in by their own greed.
The people of this nation or any nation only have so much capacity for bullshit.
And frankly, I think the world is finnally waking up.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)After all, who hasn't thought about mass suicide over a staffing assignment?