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Re:Apple Sues Nuvia’s CEO, a Former Employee by DanBC on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @08:56AM (#21762304)
> (just look at Foxconn suicide rates as proof that it's an evil company)

What are you counting, and how are you counting it?

Why do you think the rate of death at Foxconn is any different to any other large manufacturing company?

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Re:Apple Sues Nuvia’s CEO, a Former Employee by kick on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @12:57PM (#21764966)
Take a look at them, these are just the ones that happened inside of the factories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides

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Re:Apple Sues Nuvia’s CEO, a Former Employee by DanBC on Thursday December 12, 2019 @07:56AM (#21771426)
Again, why do you think a death by suicide inside the factory is unusual?

Suicide is a leading cause of death in every single country in the world (albeit it doesn't always appear to be so because of the way it's counted) and so when you have a very large employer you're going to see many deaths in their workforce.

Every death by suicide is a tragedy for that person and their loved ones, but I'm not seeing anything that says Foxconn have unusually large rates of deaths.

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