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Black Plowman 2011-05-01 16:22

Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
Better than Monty Python:D

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ted-inhumanely

bandora 2011-05-01 16:58

Re: Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
lol 10 character limit

droitwichgas 2011-05-01 17:15

Re: Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
"There was a copy effect. If one commits suicide, then others will follow."

First time I've heard anybody say that before!!

gerbick 2011-05-01 20:50

Re: Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ysss (Post 998363)
Is there such thing as a 'right to commit suicide'?

Yep. Kevorkian thought so.

ceroberts75 2011-05-01 21:03

Re: Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
Quote:

Excessive overtime is routine, despite a legal limit of 36 hours a month. One payslip, seen by the Observer, indicated that the worker had performed 98 hours of overtime in a month

youve got to be kidding me! dont tell the westerners about the rough hours they are putting becuase they are working 40-70 hours PER WEEK here.....not 134/mo.

Hootenholler 2011-05-01 21:04

Re: Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
Woo said: "Suicides were not connected to bad working conditions. There was a copy effect. If one commits suicide, then others will follow."

... Thought the last part was Apple's latest slogan.

Also, if I jumped out of a window, I'd probably shout "Wooooooo!"

canabal 2011-05-01 21:31

Re: Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
The copy effect is very real for suicides. Read the book "The Tipping Point" and there is a long section about it.

maxximuscool 2011-05-01 21:51

Re: Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
ahaha buying an Apple "i" product is like buying blood dimonds from Africa :)

stlpaul 2011-05-01 22:11

Re: Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ceroberts75 (Post 998504)
youve got to be kidding me! dont tell the westerners about the rough hours they are putting becuase they are working 40-70 hours PER WEEK here.....not 134/mo.

The article says their standard work week is 48 hours/week. Extra 24.5 overtime per week would be 72.5 hours per week. And that's assuming they are actually getting credit for all hours worked, which I doubt...

Where do you get this 134 hours/month figure?

stlpaul 2011-05-01 22:15

Re: Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 
Before you make fun of Apple, know that Nokia also uses the same factories from foxconn in china


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