In China, they threaten mass suicide

http://news.yahoo.com/xbox-workers-threaten-suicide-china-labor-tiff-055515676.html

Over Xbox labor dispute

1/12/2012 4:02:02 PM

Foxconn makes more than xboxes and it's sad how they treat their workers



[Edited on January 12, 2012 at 4:15 PM. Reason : a]

1/12/2012 4:14:27 PM

they'll all be replaced by robots soon enough anyways

1/12/2012 10:49:19 PM

What's the point, here? It wasn't a strike. They were getting fired or transferred. They didn't like either option.

1/13/2012 12:23:01 AM

Quote :

"Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labor unrest as China's economy slows. The dispute was set off after contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group announced it would close the assembly line for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 models at its plant in the central city of Wuhan and transfer the workers to other jobs, workers and Foxconn said Thursday."

Those guys must really like making xboxes.

1/13/2012 6:19:58 PM

Quote :

"Foxconn makes more than xboxes and it's sad how they treat their workers "

In what way? Best I can tell, Foxconn is doing nothing unreasonable. Factories sometimes close, it is a fact of life. If the workers don't want to move, their remedy is to quit.

1/14/2012 10:08:01 AM