Good Point <chuckle>
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Michael Gorman <craterburns...@gmail.com> wrote: > The only reason we have lessĀ suicidesĀ in large US companies is because they > stopped allowing the windows on skyscrapers to open. > > Michael Gorman > http://michaeljgorman.com > > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Pat O'Brien <p...@petta-tech.com> wrote: >> >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/media-gets-its-facts-wrong-working-at-foxconn-significantly-cuts-suicide-risk/1356 >> >> 11 suicides from a pool of up to 800,000 employees is well below China's >> reported average (in 1999 at least, although I would imagine not much has >> changed) of 11 suicides per 100,000 people. >> >> You might want to read more than one article before posting this >> sensationalist bullshit. >> >> -pat >> >> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Paul Saenz <forensicneoph...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Apparently, conditions are so bad at Foxconn that 11 workers committed >>> suicide last year! Apple, IBM, Cisco and Microsoft all send their work >>> to Foxconn. These companies may distance themselves from Foxconn, but >>> I'm pretty sure that the conditions in the new factories that are >>> contracted to do their work will be pretty much the same. >>> >>> It's amazing that it took a year and a half and 11 suicides before >>> they decided to put up a safety net. That tells me that they didn't >>> really care, but since word was getting out they had to make >>> themselves look good. Since American workers have to compete with >>> these guys as the economy swirls down the commode, I wonder if >>> Americans will be willing to take slave labor jobs when it comes to >>> the point of desperation? >>> >>> >>> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/suicides-at-iphone-manufacturing-plants-cause-corporate-change/3111?tag=nl.e101 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers