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@ 2023/03/11Wants to treat workers like it did in China
Apple and Foxconn, the technology giant's manufacturing partner, have successfully lobbied for landmark labour law reforms in the south Indian state of Karnataka which will enable them to treat workers like they did in China.
For those with short memories, Foxconn's iPhone assemblers in China had a nasty habit of getting depressed and throwing themselves off buildings rather than make shiny toys for rich Americans. Foxconn's answer was to put up safety nets around the building so they bounced.
With Apple and Foxconn wanting to move operations from the problematic China to India, the problem of losing the favourable labour laws the companies enjoyed was a problem.
Apple and Foxconn, the technology giant's manufacturing partner, have successfully lobbied for landmark labour law reforms in the south Indian state of Karnataka which will enable them to treat workers like they did in China.
For those with short memories, Foxconn's iPhone assemblers in China had a nasty habit of getting depressed and throwing themselves off buildings rather than make shiny toys for rich Americans. Foxconn's answer was to put up safety nets around the building so they bounced.
With Apple and Foxconn wanting to move operations from the problematic China to India, the problem of losing the favourable labour laws the companies enjoyed was a problem.
