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Thread #129811 Message #2916623
Posted By: Ebbie
29-May-10 - 12:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Sweat Shops' Result in Suicides?
Subject: BS: 'Sweat Shops' Result in Suicides?
I looked for a thread to refresh and didn't find any. I had no idea China's suicide rate is so high but I also had never heard of people leaping to their deaths 'at the store', so to speak.
Headline: 'A giant manufacturer of iPhones and other popular electronics has a bad employee problem: they’re killing themselves.'
“Publicity over the deaths has been bad enough to bring Terry Gou, the billionaire CEO of Foxconn’s parent company, to lead journalists on a tour of the plant Thursday to rebut charges that he operates a system of sweatshops. Just hours afterward, another employee leapt to his death, and one more was rushed to the hospital with slashed wrists. “
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On the other hand, it is possible that “...given China’s national suicide rate of between 13 and 15 per 100,000 (per the World Health Organization), a dozen or so suicides at Foxconn is actually below average.â€쳌