Classe move to China

Inna:

I like your take on Swift's "A Modest Proposal".

All the best,
Nonoise

I have no idea where my IMac was made.......
Magfan

Magfan,

More than likely in China or some other country Foxconn has factories.

Foxconn runs a number of super-factories in the south of China, some of which employ as many as 300,000 workers and form self-contained cities, complete with banks, post offices and basketball courts.

It has been accused, however, of treating its employees extremely harshly. China Labor Watch, a New York-based NGO, accused Foxconn of having an "inhumane and militant" management, which neglects basic human rights. Foxconn's management were not available for comment.

In its report, Apple revealed the sweatshop conditions inside the factories it uses. Apple admitted that at least 55 of the 102 factories that produce its goods were ignoring Apple's rule that staff cannot work more than 60 hours a week.

The technology company's own guidelines are already in breach of China's widely-ignored labour law, which sets out a maximum 49-hour week for workers.

Apple also said that one of its factories had repeatedly falsified its records in order to conceal the fact that it was using child labour and working its staff endlessly.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7330986/Apple-admits-using-child-labour.html
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Not only that, but a few employees there have committed suicide and they had to install fences on the rooftop to keep them from jumping.

Nice work, if you can get it.

I should have read the link before my last post but having now read it, I'd like to point out that we aren't far behind. Politicians on the right (Newt, Perry, the govenor of PA and others) have already called for the elimination of child labor laws here in America. Gotta bring those wages down to stay competitive for the highest return on their investments. They're legally obliged to.

Blame your corrupt government as the "ethics free zone" because they're the ones who allowed the horse out of the barn. Corporations are bound by laws. Period.

MAC would have to live with 50% profit margins if they made things in the USA...instead of the 80% they make now. If you prefer Classe' made in Canada...stop buying it. Simple.

I refuse to buy Canadian products anyway...something about hockey....