Riot Breaks Out At Foxconn 456
Presto Vivace writes with news (as reported by Engadget) of a riot at Foxconn's Taiyuan plant, reportedly over guards beating up a worker, and writes "Something is going on at Foxconn. Do any Slashdotters know of a good source for news about Chinese labor disputes?" Reports of the riot are also at Reuters, TUAW, and CNBC, to name a few.
Strange (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Workers rights (Score:1, Funny)
Well duh, the iPhone 5s won't be released this year.
Re:Strange (Score:5, Funny)
You'd be lucky to find China with those maps.
Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)
I know dude!
Here I am, buying cheap electronic components, and I know that by doing so I support a state
where the police can arrest you if they don't like the way you look and your papers don't convince them that you are a good citizen.
A place where any worker can just be fired and replaced without reason.
A state, where workers have no right to organize and might even be arrested for trying.
-But on the other hand, I like the cheap stuff I get from Arizona.
Re:Strange (Score:5, Funny)
You might find it, but it might not be where you expect it.
http://theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com/post/32042128251/taken-on-my-ipad [tumblr.com]
Re:Strange (Score:5, Funny)
You'd be lucky to find China with those maps.
It is right between Italy and Venezuela.
Re:Strange (Score:5, Funny)
Oh so you're saying, Apple actually developed iOS 6 maps to please the Chinese government and we shouldn't just ascribe it to incompetence?
Re:Strange (Score:5, Funny)
Ah, it's a feature, not a bug. Also, you're holding it wrong.
I know this routine. ;)
Nerve staple them! (Score:4, Funny)
Chairman Yang would approve.
Re:Android phones are made out of hemp in the USA (Score:5, Funny)
No, not hemp; it's rainbows shat out by unicorns and then sun-dried.
Re:Reuters Has The Story (Score:5, Funny)
Gentlemen -- welcome to Foxconn Club. The first rule of Foxconn Club is...
No first-hand accounts (Score:5, Funny)
Drat! If only there was someone on the scene with a smartphone with a really good camera and fast data connection!
Re:Reports differ (Score:4, Funny)
Wouldn't anything of value be off topic?
Re:Strange (Score:4, Funny)
In your map of China, there's a lot of something that is not China. Don't worry, here [imgur.com] is the corrected version.
Re:Strange (Score:5, Funny)
Not that Venezuela the one floating off the coast of Zambia.
Re:Labor disputes (Score:5, Funny)
This is China. There won't be any news.
Typical western elitist propaganda.
I saw the story prominently covered on Sina Weibo. The Foxconn workers held a contest to see who was the happiest. The winner won the right to shake the Foxconn chairman's hand. So many Foxconn workers wanted to shake the chairman's hand, they all surged forward and broke a fence. Smiling security workers were dispatched to assist the few who received minor injuries.
Re:Strange (Score:5, Funny)
I'm just waiting for the new to break that even bigger riots have been reported from at least three Samsung factories. And Samsung senior executives have been personally executing the rioters. By crucifixion, I expect.
C'mon, you Appleturfers! Time to earn your salary!
Re:Well don't look to Google for answers! (Score:5, Funny)
Behold the sense of iHumor.
ker-lap alap alap! (Score:5, Funny)
Is his job a joke? Is his love-life DOA?
Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)
A single example of a US citizen being arrested for the way they look and not having papers?
They made a movie about that. I think it was called "Rambo".
Re:Well don't look to Google for answers! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Well don't look to Google for answers! (Score:5, Funny)
The map is fine - you're just reading it wrong.
Re:Well don't look to Google for answers! (Score:4, Funny)
It is, however, in the Domesday Book.