Re:Your iPhone Was Built with Child Labor
by seanmcdirmid on Friday April 14, 2023 @06:28PM
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> Foxconn ships poor people from rural areas to mega factories
They don't have to ship them, the poor people from rural areas come looking for better jobs in the mega factories. Nothing wrong with that.
> take their identity documents, and essentially holds them hostage.
This is a huge deal which many Chinese companies used to practice even just 10 years ago. I don't think it is very common now, the government did crack down on it, to stop making it a norm business practice.
That was 2014. Things aren't perfect now, but better than back then.
- Foxconn ships poor people from rural areas to mega factories, take their identity documents, and essentially holds them hostage.
- Up the supply chain, small-scale miners of rare earth minerals risk their lives and die everyday.
- Consumer cognitive dissonance allows billions of people to eat hamburgers without considering the impact of their choices.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-30540538