Report: Samsung's Linux Android sweatshops are "WORSE" than Foxconn

<quote>
Report paints dire picture of Samsung factory's working conditions

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technol...44518.html

On 8/8/2012 10:07 AM, Ezekiel wrote:

<quote>
Report paints dire picture of Samsung factory's working conditions

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technol...44518.html

So they finally found the "Linux child slave camps"... I'm sure Hypocrite
Homer will be along shortly with his condemnation...

<quote>
Report paints dire picture of Samsung factory's working conditions

The electronics giant's Chinese manufacturing plant is said to employ
children in an injury-prone environment

Earlier this year, allegations that workers at Apple's manufacturing partner
in China, Foxconn, were being subjected to deplorable working conditions
came to light and soon exploded into a major international investigation.
Now a report by China Labor Watch indicates that Foxconn is far from alone
in its practices. In fact, HEG Electronics, which manufactures products for
Samsung, might just be **worse.**

According to the report, obtained by Laptop Mag, investigators found that
HEG employs children under the age of 16 as "student laborers" that account
for up to 80% of its workforce. These children are reportedly recruited from
high schools to make up a temporary workforce during high-capacity periods
such as new product launches.

One 14-year-old girl interviewed by investigators told of how she fell down
stairs while walking from the on-site employee housing to her job on the
assembly line, only to be denied medical treatment and by her superiors. She
was docked pay following the incident and subsequently fired.

Other workers at the HEG factory told investigators that they are commonly
hit by management and are forced to endure physical punishments such as
standing at their posts for day-long shifts if they're not fast enough at
their work. Psychological punishments are also reportedly practiced, such as
workers having to write self-criticisms while facing constant threats of
termination.
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On 8/8/2012 10:07 AM, Ezekiel wrote:

<quote>
Report paints dire picture of Samsung factory's working conditions

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technol...44518.html

So they finally found the "Linux child slave camps"... I'm sure Hypocrite
Homer will be along shortly with his condemnation...

But now that Samsung is making a lot of money selling Linux Android phones
it's all nice and wonderful. It's look how wonderful Linux is because
Samsung is making a huuuuge profit. That ugly little "sweatshop" issue isn't
a big deal either. All that frothing that [H]ypocrite made over Foxconn and
Apple is nowhere to be seen.

Homer is a hypocrite's hypocrite.


"As for Apple being "succesfull(sic)": they're a bunch of profiteers who
exploit people with extortionately high margins, propaganda and children
working in sweatshops, in exchange for shiny but otherwise dysfunctional
toys"

"Apple makes a lot of money... mainly thanks to sweatshop labour,
extortionate iprices, and Apple's customer demographic having more money
than sense."

"And the Chinese sweatshop labourers who actually make these expensive toys.
But then Apple was always better at spreading bullshit than spreading the
love."

"US, which has lots of big monopolists that harvest others' ideas for
profit, build them into shiny objects using Chinese sweatshops, then sell
them on the high street for extortionate prices. Personally I'd rather just
run a cottage-industry business, if it were me."

<quote>
Report paints dire picture of Samsung factory's working conditions

The electronics giant's Chinese manufacturing plant is said to employ
children in an injury-prone environment

Earlier this year, allegations that workers at Apple's manufacturing
partner
in China, Foxconn, were being subjected to deplorable working conditions
came to light and soon exploded into a major international investigation.
Now a report by China Labor Watch indicates that Foxconn is far from alone
in its practices. In fact, HEG Electronics, which manufactures products
for
Samsung, might just be **worse.**

According to the report, obtained by Laptop Mag, investigators found that
HEG employs children under the age of 16 as "student laborers" that
account
for up to 80% of its workforce. These children are reportedly recruited
from
high schools to make up a temporary workforce during high-capacity periods
such as new product launches.

One 14-year-old girl interviewed by investigators told of how she fell
down
stairs while walking from the on-site employee housing to her job on the
assembly line, only to be denied medical treatment and by her superiors.
She
was docked pay following the incident and subsequently fired.

Other workers at the HEG factory told investigators that they are commonly
hit by management and are forced to endure physical punishments such as
standing at their posts for day-long shifts if they're not fast enough at
their work. Psychological punishments are also reportedly practiced, such
as
workers having to write self-criticisms while facing constant threats of
termination.
</quote>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technol...-pictur...

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