Comments on: Was There A Massive Strike At A Foxconn Factory Yesterday?

By: Κίνα: Απεργία των εργατών στο εργοστάσιο της Foxconn που κατασκευάζει το iPhone · Global Voices στα Ελληνικά

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:24:48 +0000

[...] ενημερωτική ιστοσελίδα Beijing Cream προσπάθησε να διαλευκάνει [en] τα γεγονότα στο εργοστάσιο της Foxconn στην επαρχία Zhengzhou [...]

By: » Top-of-the-Week Links: Mo Yan for Nobel, Ai Weiwei interview, and Wen Jiabao “was seen shooting a basketball properly twice consecutively” Beijing Cream

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:33:05 +0000

[...] Foxconn fallout: “For me, though, one thing is clear: don’t trust anything written immediately following any sort of labor disturbance, particularly one involving Foxconn; it’s bound to be incomplete. And if the word ‘iPhone’ is in the article, it’s automatically less credible, at least in terms of comprehensiveness. If it’s the latest iPhone model, in this case the iPhone 5, I’m not even sure the article is worth reading. // Some editors out there seem much too willing to jump on a pre-existing narrative that involves Apple/Foxconn and labor disputes, to the point that whole stories are written before the facts become known.” [Stan Abrams, China Hearsay] [...]

By: China: Workers Strike at IPhone’s Subcontractor Foxconn Factory · Global Voices

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:40:19 +0000

[...] Cream tried to sort out what happened at Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou. Earlier reports said that there were massive [...]

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name — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:13:55 +0000

I think in this case, the news are just as important as the action. In order to gain negotiating power, the point is not merely to damage a company by means of reducing productivity. It is crucial to prove to the world that, without protection of worker’s rights and welfare, this model of production is not reliable, that is: the workers are not ready to accept everything as long as they can work. Other suppliers beside Foxconn, other multinationals beside Apple, customers of these and other Chinese-made OEM must know this is not sustainable, and that other workers will rise to defend their rights. If there is a massive strike but nobody reports it, it’s been almost in vain. If there isn’t, but the fear of labour movements spread, the aim has been partly achieved.