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Originally Posted by tiananmen
How come you say so, my dear friend!
This happens in China, where Labor Unions never speak for their members. And there's no negotiation, only 12 young lives left and tears of their parents.
Yes, Apple doesn't assemble those products, but we highlight Corporate Social Responsibility every time. Should apple know where and how their final products come ,and take some measures? At least, they're Party A in the contract.
If say the journalists take advantage of the name of Apple? Anything wrong? If such a leading company cannot set a sample. will other small companies make better? Big companies of course should be blamed firstly, they enjoyed spotlight, eyeballs, profits, and definitely need bear more .
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No, they don't have real labor unions. But they have labor law and safety inspectors and lawyers. And a very large percentage of complaints against employers is being decided in favor of the employees. And the workers can leave and work some where else -- every factory is looking for workers, it is very easy. Few workers stay in the same factory for long. They jump from place to place and get a few 100 RMB more every time.
It is exactly the small, locally owned factories. They pay the 900 RMB you mentioned for a 7 day work week, 10 hours a day. The bosses have a friend or family member sitting in the police office or labor oversight bureaus and don't fear the government going after them. The big guys are playing by the rules, the labor inspectors are after them all the time, and their customers (the likes of Apple) are because those customers fear exactly this kind of bad publicity.
There is a lot to be done -- but you are going after the wrong guys, the ones who do good. And you are leaving the bad guys alone.