I have looked up the steady wage/purchasing power increase and the private sector not really being private. I also saw that unions have stakes in all major industries.
But how much of the other side of the story of wage slavery and labour exploitation is true. How strong are labor laws compared to say the EU or india or the US.?
Could someone help me out with good resources/academic papers on this.
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the shit that got me back when, when I learned about the recycling cities, and foxconn. learning about how little empathy people had, that workers had to have nets installed to stop committing suicide, and how little empathy some had regarding it, how it was funny, how technically, the suicide rate was lower for the people at foxconn then it was for the general population. so i was like ah shit, shit bad, me choose side. but then, it was determined by [blah] that this was the best way to "value life.
Is this BS propaganda? If so, can you recommend some good reading on this?
Edit:I found this from wikipedia:
> "ABC News[31] and The Economist[32] both have done some simple comparisonโ although the number of workplace suicides at Foxconn is large in absolute terms, the suicide rate is actually lower when compared to the overall suicide rate of China[33] or the United States.[34] According to a 2011 Centre for Disease Control and Prevention report, the country has a high suicide rate with approximately 22.23 deaths per 100,000 persons.[35] In 2010, the worst year for workplace suicides at Foxconn with a total of 14 deaths, its employee count was a reported 930,000 people"
Kind of reminds me of these memes: https://github.com/Jaksuhn/essays/blob/master/In%20North%20Korea.md
My favorite: >โOn My Deathbedโ
>I want to take another look at the ocean, behold the vastness of tears from half a lifetime
>I want to climb another mountain, try to call back the soul that Iโve lost
>I want to touch the sky, feel that blueness so light
>But I canโt do any of this, so Iโm leaving this world
>Everyone whoโs heard of me
>Shouldnโt be surprised at my leaving
>Even less should you sigh or grieve
>I was fine when I came, and fine when I left.
The rest are here
> ใไธ้ข่บไธๆๅจๅฐไธใ
> "A Screw Fell to the Ground" > > ไธ้ข่บไธๆๅจๅฐไธ > > A screw fell to the ground > > ๅจ่ฟไธชๅ ็ญ็ๅคๆ
> In this dark night of overtime > > ๅ็ด้่ฝ๏ผ่ฝป่ฝปไธๅ
> Plunging vertically, lightly clinking > > ไธไผๅผ่ตทไปปไฝไบบ็ๆณจๆ
> It wonโt attract anyoneโs attention > > ๅฐฑๅๅจๆญคไนๅ
> Just like last time > > ๆไธช็ธๅ็ๅคๆ
> On a night like this > > ๆไธชไบบๆๅจๅฐไธ
> When someone plunged to the ground > > -- 9 January 2014
This hit me hard. More here.
https://libcom.org/blog/xulizhi-foxconn-suicide-poetry
The poem that moved me the most is the one below
ใๆๅ็ๅขๅฐใ "The Last Graveyard"
ๆบๅฐ็้ธฃๅซไนๆ็็็ก Even the machine is nodding off
ๅฏๅฐ็่ฝฆ้ด่ดฎ่็พ็ ็้ Sealed workshops store diseased iron
่ช่ต้่ๅจ็ชๅธๅ้ข Wages concealed behind curtains
ไปฟไผผๅนด่ฝปๆๅทฅ่ ๆทฑๅไบๅฟๅบ็็ฑๆ Like the love that young workers bury at the bottom of their hearts
ๆฒกๆๆถ้ดๅผๅฃ๏ผๆ ๆๅพ็็ฐๅฐ With no time for expression, emotion crumbles into dust
ไปไปฌๆ็้ๆ็่ They have stomachs forged of iron
็ๆปกๆต็จ ็็กซ้ ธ๏ผ็ก้ ธ Full of thick acid, sulfuric and nitric
ๅทฅไธๅไปไปฌๆถ็ผดๆฅไธๅๆตๅบ็ๆณช Industry captures their tears before they have the chance to fall
ๆถ่พฐ่ตฐ่ฟ๏ผไปไปฌๆธ ้ๅ จๆ Time flows by, their heads lost in fog
ไบง้ๅไฝไบๅนด้พ๏ผ็ผ็ๅจๆฅๅคๅ ็ญ Output weighs down their age, pain works overtime day and night
่ฟๆช่ๅป็ๅคดๆๆฝไผ็ๅฝ In their lives, dizziness before their time is latent
็ฎ่ค่ขซๆฒปๅ ทๅผบ่ฟซ่คชๅป The jig forces the skin to peel
้กบๆ้ไธไธๅฑ้ๅ้ And while it's at it, plates on a layer of aluminum alloy
ๆไบบ่ฟๅจๅๆ็๏ผๆไบบๅซ็ ็ฆปๅป Some still endure, while others are taken by illness
ๆๅจไปไปฌไธญ้ดๆ็น๏ผ็ๅฎ้ๆฅ็ I am dozing between them, guarding
ๆๅไธๅๅขๅฐ The last graveyard of our youth.
-- 21 December 2011
