Foxconn suicides - and how big is that factory.....

[plasticpig]

bobbylondonuk said:

Thats good news....not the loss of life...but the spread of this particular news of unhappy workers at st wages.


So in a few years time...China will have increasing wages which means lower profit margins for companies outsourcing production to China..which means we are all better off making our st here in our own local factories!!! I would rather pay £700 for an Ipad made in USA rather than Ipad made in China for £5!


This is why China is beating India in the manufacturing game! You cant manufacture at these low costs in India. So they stick with the skilled service sectors to beat China!

Not that any of their goods and services are brilliant and miles better than EU/US local produce or service...but its still cheaper overall.

Some UK manufacturers have been bringing back manufacturing to the UK for a while. Increase in the costs of transport make it more cost effective to produce locally. Quite diverse in sector as well. I know a couple of companies in the automotive parts sector and one in telecomms who have moved production back to the UK from China.

[fido]

jbi said:

I assume if you have 400,000 people working for you, you are going to find more suicidal people than say if you employ say 1000

Perhaps the Beeb could have a Suicide section like this :- http://www.hazards.org/suicide/

"Union representatives and managers have been in talks over the working environment at Disneyland Paris after three workers killed themselves in the last eight weeks"
- sounds like Disneyland are running in the Top 3 for 'Worst Places to Work Awards 2010'

It happens in all countries in the world, and please tell me why someone topping themselves 'on the job', so as to speak, is worse than people who do it because of unemployed boredom (wonder how many young men end themselves each year in the UK?)

Edited by fido on Saturday 29th May 14:59