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Originally Posted by aironeous View Post
The maximum a Chinese factory worker gets per month is $206 that's why I just lost my job making solar panels at SolarWorld after 8 years. That plant has been there for more than 30 years. Some of the workers had been working there for more than 30 years. Why did it close? The executives said the Chinese are flooding the market with cheap solar panels. I can't imagine Nokia is somehow immune to this pressure.
Although, it might make you feel slightly (only very, very slightly) better to know that Chinese workers are starting to demand higher wages and rights akin to the late 1930 revolts and unions in the US--they're even taking that step of unionizing and the government in China doesn't seem to mind. I'm a little confused by that last detail, considering everything else they won't tolerate, but I suppose they're maturing... slowly, but maturing. This MIGHT mean that they're going to become less cheaper as the population begins to demand more middle-income lifestyles. At least, I seem to recall multiple news reports to that effect. If I come across one again, I can let you know, if you really want some of that kind of news.
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