01-11-2012, 06:05 PM
Article Accelerator wrote:
No, it doesn't seem to me that worker conditions at Foxconn are "deplorable." Obviously, our reactions to what we're seeing are quite different.
this is from one of the links you provided:
"We are not suggesting that working conditions at Foxconn are good. We've seen too much evidence that they are horrible to say that.
It's just that these suicides are not such evidence. If anything, considering these working conditions, it is remarkable the rate of suicide at Foxconn is so low.
Here's Apple's statement on the matter, via Philp Elmer DeWitt:
"We are saddened and upset by the recent suicides at Foxconn. Apple is deeply committed to ensuring that conditions throughout our supply chain are safe and workers are treated with respect and dignity. We are in direct contact with Foxconn senior management and we believe they are taking this matter very seriously."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...z1jArFJoCP