Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle-Class: How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

It's also worth asking about the alternative for these people. Take factory workers in China. Would their lives be better without these jobs? Or would they be living in even worse poverty? Potentially starving to death? Sure these are shitty jobs for us, but are they for them?

The article on the suicides is a bit misleading too. The rate of suicides for workers at that factory are HALF that of the national average. You are less likely to kill yourself working at them. Doctors in the United States have one of the highest rates of suicide here. I don't consider their work conditions horrible.

Honestly, if we're going to stop suffering in many of these countries and raise their quality of life, the best hope is to start passing out rubbers and birth control. Their populations are growing too rapidly and there is just no way to support it.

The Chinese population is projected to fall dramatically over the century.

[lcjjdnh]

A follow-up on the poor safety conditions of these facilities:

Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by lcjjdnh

A follow-up on the poor safety conditions of these facilities:

Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com

Yep, slave labor.