Apple partner Foxconn raises Chinese worker wages as much as 25%

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  • Reply 21 of 118
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wiggin View Post




    And remember, not every culture and every country in the world is as obsessed as we are with having 2 or 3 cars for every family, huge houses with a bedroom for every kid, $5 cups of coffee, luxury vacations, etc.



    In some cultures, people are obsessed with trying to find a rotten turnip left over in some farmer's field, in the middle of a winter night.



    So it is all good, bro.
  • Reply 22 of 118
    wigginwiggin Posts: 2,265member
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    Originally Posted by Brainwashed View Post


    Really? Your definition of doing well is... "Hey, at least they are not starving to death"



    I see your point. They can afford that bowl of rice. What is there to complain about?



    Tell them get back to work, they can take a break after their 16 hour shift. I have electronics to buy!



    What is your solution and expectations? That Apple can and should change China single handedly and overnight? What if suddenly these workers got a quadruple increase in wages, do you think that would buy instant happiness for them?



    Yes, things need to keep improving for the Chinese workers. But there are a lot of forces at work and it's going to take time.
  • Reply 23 of 118
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    Originally Posted by Ireland View Post


    The US Congress has no business telling China how much they should or shouldn't pay their workers. It's a moral issue, not a political one, and it's certainly not one more excuse for the US to police the world. Do yourself a favour and quit reading the NYT and watching CNN. It'll clear your head out.



    NYT and CNN are just upset at anyone that can turn a profit and grow a market with the product produced.
  • Reply 24 of 118
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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


    This was done because of all the hard work and dedication of the people who signed their names on Internet petitions.



    Pat yourselves on the backs, folks; Apple would never have done this without you.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by I am a Zither Zather Zuzz View Post


    Thank you, New York Times!



    The pen is mightier than the sword.



    You people need to stop forgetting the sarcasm tags. I almost took these as valid comments.
  • Reply 25 of 118
    I get the feeling most of the complainers will do so until Foxconn employees make "too much" in their mind at which point they will complain about that.
  • Reply 25 of 118
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    Originally Posted by Brainwashed View Post


    1,800 yuan per month = 285.77 USD per month....



    Ah yeah! I am rolling large now.



    You can't compare wages without taking into consideration cost of living of the individual countries.
  • Reply 27 of 118
    wigginwiggin Posts: 2,265member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by I am a Zither Zather Zuzz View Post


    In some cultures, people are obsessed with trying to find a rotten turnip left over in some farmer's field, in the middle of a winter night.



    So it is all good, bro.



    Yes, I'm sure that's exactly what Foxconn employees are doing on their off-shifts. Or are you now saying that Apple is responsible for every person living in China, or the entire world, and not just the ones in the factories making their devices?



  • Reply 28 of 118
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    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post


    I get the feeling most of the complainers will do so until Foxconn employees make "too much" in their mind at which point they will complain about that.



    Macdonald's workers and Walmart greeters will start moving to China looking for jobs.
  • Reply 29 of 118
    nijiniji Posts: 288member
    your story is inaccurate.



    the 900 RMB you claim that workers were receving "just 3 years ago" was the minimum monthly wage in Shenzhen at that time.



    Workers were NOT receiving just 900 RMB 3 years ago in terms of actual take home pay. They were receiving over/around double that amount on average.



    If you investigate you will learn that any increase in salary that Foxxconn is newly claiming it will pay, is ofcourse figured on what an average worker would be taking home.



    If in fact the average worker has been recently only receiving only about 1800 RMB, then terrible underpayment of wages, illegally has occured.



    Workers in China are legally entitled to the following hourly payments for overtime:



    if worked on weekdays, after the normal shift, for example: 1.5x the hourly wage

    if worked on saturdays/weekends: 2.0x the hourly wage

    if worked on holidays, 3.0x times the hourly wage.



    workers are being worked OT hours around 80 hours per month in addition to normal hours.



    even with the increase, if it actually is paid out at all, the workers will still not be receiving the legal wage they are entitled to.
  • Reply 30 of 118
    wovelwovel Posts: 956member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by I am a Zither Zather Zuzz View Post


    Thank you, New York Times!



    The pen is mightier than the sword.



    The millions of workers still being paid less because the sensationalists at NYT made it an Apple story instead of what it really was, a Chinese labor story, also thank them. So you are essentially thank the NYT for helping raising the standards for the group of chinese factory workers that already had by far the highest standards.



    You own at leas 5 products that were made by workers in China that are treated far worse than the iPad workers were before. In fact, every made in China product you own was made by workers who were paid less than the Apple workers were before. This is also true of the NYT author. This is also true for the NYT editor. Now that gap has just widened. Maybe if NYT was actually concerned about improving conditions and less concerned about headlines, they would have taken a different approach.



    I call that Epic Fail.
  • Reply 31 of 118
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,382member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Brainwashed View Post


    Really? Your definition of doing well is... "Hey, at least they are not starving to death"



    I see your point. They can afford that bowl of rice. What is there to complain about?



    Tell them get back to work, they can take a break after their 16 hour shift. I have electronics to buy!



    You have 5 posts here, and every single one of them is a troll post. Do you have nothing better to do with your life? More importantly, are you committing never to buy another electronics device? Because that's what someone would gather from your post, and your 'moral outrage' at those who do. You clearly couldn't give 2 shits about the Chinese factory workers. If you did, there's better avenues than attacking pretty much the only company doing anything to try and improve the situation. Your indignation is dishonest and disingenuous, and that's a pretty shitty character trait to have. I'm going to quote something psted here, which hopefully will give you some perspective on the issue if you actually care to have some.



    Quote:

    Let’s review what Foxconn looks like:



    Hon Hai dba Foxconn is in fact a multinational company and the world’s largest maker/assembler of electronic components/original design manufacturer, maintaining 13 factories in China as well as factories in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, India, Mexico and Brazil. They manufacture roughly 40% of the world’s consumer electronic products, they are the largest electronics manufacturer in the world, the largest exporter and the largest private employer in China. Foxconn is preferred by a number of companies due to the company’s access to the extensive Chinese component supply chain as well as being centrally located to the large network of subcomponent supplies in the region. They employ nearly a million people world-wide.



    The following companies are supplied by Foxconn (alphabetically):



    Acer, Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Dell, Gateway, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nintendo, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Sony/Ericsson, Toshiba and Vizio.



    Foxconn is the source for many of the components and assembly of Android phones, feature phones for Nokia and Sony/Ericsson, networking devices for Cisco, computer components for Dell, HP, Toshiba, Sony, Acer, in addition to the Apple products lines. In fact the vast majority of the PC product market segment is assembled or manufactured by Foxconn, as well as the vast majority of feature phones for Nokia and Samsung – the two companies that are the majority market suppliers of feature phones.



    So while I appreciate righteous indignation against any abuse of power/position/influence, you are obviously poorly informed as to the real impact Foxconn has FAR BEYOND Apple products. Dell and HP together manufacture the vast majority of the world’s PCs as compared to the relatively small marketshare that Apple has.



    Foxconn isn't some tiny company Apple can dictate terms to. They're the largest manufacturer of electronic goods in the world, that literally everyone uses. Your beef with Apple is misguided.
  • Reply 32 of 118
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    Originally Posted by I am a Zither Zather Zuzz View Post


    Thank you, New York Times!



    The pen is mightier than the sword.



    Which would you rather have if Genghis Khan and his army paid a visit to the NYT office Editorial Board and gaggle of reporters, a pen or a sword? \

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  • Reply 33 of 118
    wovelwovel Posts: 956member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by niji View Post


    your story is inaccurate.



    the 900 RMB you claim that workers were receving "just 3 years ago" was the minimum monthly wage in Shenzhen at that time.



    Workers were NOT receiving just 900 RMB 3 years ago in terms of actual take home pay. They were receiving over/around double that amount on average.



    If you investigate you will learn that any increase in salary that Foxxconn is newly claiming it will pay, is ofcourse figured on what an average worker would be taking home.



    If in fact the average worker has been recently only receiving only about 1800 RMB, then terrible underpayment of wages, illegally has occured.



    Workers in China are legally entitled to the following hourly payments for overtime:



    if worked on weekdays, after the normal shift, for example: 1.5x the hourly wage

    if worked on saturdays/weekends: 2.0x the hourly wage

    if worked on holidays, 3.0x times the hourly wage.



    workers are being worked OT hours around 80 hours per month in addition to normal hours.



    even with the increase, if it actually is paid out at all, the workers will still not be receiving the legal wage they are entitled to.



    I am not sure why you believe the article was discussing anything other than base pay.
  • Reply 34 of 118
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member
    Well, good for them. Maybe some clueless people can quit their whining and lies now.



    And guess what. I bet that some of them will still kill themselves.



    Why? Because that's what people do, no matter how much money somebody makes. It would be a statistical miracle if nobody kills themselves, because there's a million of them.



    Now they can they take their 25% higher wages and get back to work, assembling my iPad 3.
  • Reply 35 of 118
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    Originally Posted by rednival View Post


    It is about time.



    Since our Congress won't do anything about the Chinese it is good to see Apple finally taking a stand and putting some screws to Foxconn, even if it is in the face of public scrutiny. I guess CNN and New York Time deserve credit for bringing this to the public's attention.



    And by the way, Apple knew. Avoiding the truth when you wouldn't like it is the same as knowing the truth and doing nothing about it, if you ask me.



    Care to elaborate on what the Congress of the United States should do for workers in a foreign country. Maybe pass a law that says you can't buy any product from a company that does not treat it's employees really really nicely. Would that make you happy?
  • Reply 36 of 118
    ksecksec Posts: 1,569member
    Again. I continue to LOL at some of the post.



    Foxconn raising salary has nothing to do with Apple or FLA. But Apple gets the credit.



    Foxconn people are overworking and bla bla bla according to US standard, Apple takes the blame.



    I forgot to say those figure aren't even accurate figure of what they are actually getting. They do get Over time payment.
  • Reply 37 of 118
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ksec View Post


    Again. I continue to LOL at some of the post.



    Foxconn raising salary has nothing to do with Apple or FLA. But Apple gets the credit.



    Foxconn people are overworking and bla bla bla according to US standard, Apple takes the blame.



    I forgot to say those figure aren't even accurate figure of what they are actually getting. They do get Over time payment.



    I'm sure Foxconn has much more at stake. These are big contracts from Apple, and losing them would mean suicide. This is Reaganomics at work, although it only happens with Apple.
  • Reply 38 of 118
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    Originally Posted by Slurpy View Post


    You have 5 posts here, and every single one of them is a troll post. Do you have nothing better to do with your life? More importantly, are you committing never to buy another electronics device? Because that's what someone would gather from your post, and your 'moral outrage' at those who do. You clearly couldn't give 2 shits about the Chinese factory workers. If you did, there's better avenues than attacking pretty much the only company doing anything to try and improve the situation. Your indignation is dishonest and disingenuous, and that's a pretty shitty character trait to have. I'm going to quote something psted here, which hopefully will give you some perspective on the issue if you actually care to have some.







    Foxconn isn't some tiny company Apple can dictate terms to. They're the largest manufacturer of electronic goods in the world, that literally everyone uses. Your beef with Apple is misguided.



    Well what can you say? He calls himself Brainwashed. I guess there is a certain amount of truth behind that name.
  • Reply 39 of 118
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by kent909 View Post


    Care to elaborate on what the Congress of the United States should do for workers in a foreign country. Maybe pass a law that says you can't buy any product from a company that does not treat it's employees really really nicely. Would that make you happy?



    The US congress shouldn't do a damn thing about any foreign workers. It seems as if the US congress and the pathetic administration has enough problems to worry about fixing and solving their own problems and their own mess. At least those Chinese Foxconn workers have jobs!
  • Reply 40 of 118
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    Originally Posted by Wiggin View Post


    Or are you now saying that Apple is responsible for every person living in China, or the entire world, and not just the ones in the factories making their devices?







    Errr......Ummmmmm.........No. I am not saying that. That would not make much sense.
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