It's not just smartphones. Computers, laptops, tablets, and other personal electronics are more often than not the products of slave labor and made from materials mined by slaves. Big companies like Apple, Dell, Samsung, and HP try to save money by using cheap manufacturing facilities in Malaysia. These factories trap poor workers by taking their passports and abusing them so they work around the clock for little to no pay with no way of leaving.
Foxconn, a Chinese production facility, also makes products for these big-name electronics companies, and it treats its young adult and teen workers so poorly that they put up suicide nets around the roof to limit the number of suicides committed by the overworked and poorly treated employees.
Apple, Dell, Samsung, and HP are by no means the only electronics companies who use these cheap facilities, but with enough signatures on this petition, they can be inspired to use some of their superfluous wealth to use manufacturers that pay and treat their workers fairly. This is part of our service learning project, and once we have enough signatures, we plan on composing a letter to send along with this petition to the CEOs of these companies to tell them enough is enough: don't cut corners and don't allow slavery to be a part of our smartphones.
Sincerely,
Students from Ms. Ciccone's Second Period English Class
Alhambra High School
5 Comments
asians are not slaves! asians are people and you're just a racist owner of the comapnies! stop asian slavery now! we do not need this! if you want to hire people to work for you, you need to pay them fairly not make them your slaves! this is racism!
it is sick that we pay so much for these phones and the people making them arent even getting paid. apple and samsung need to stop being so greedy and treat people like humans.
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It's not just smartphones. Computers, laptops, tablets, and other personal electronics are more often than not the products of slave labor and made from materials mined by slaves. Big companies like Apple, Dell, Samsung, and HP try to save money by using cheap manufacturing facilities in Malaysia. These factories trap poor workers by taking their passports and abusing them so they work around the clock for little to no pay with no way of leaving.
Foxconn, a Chinese production facility, also makes products for these big-name electronics companies, and it treats its young adult and teen workers so poorly that they put up suicide nets around the roof to limit the number of suicides committed by the overworked and poorly treated employees.
Apple, Dell, Samsung, and HP are by no means the only electronics companies who use these cheap facilities, but with enough signatures on this petition, they can be inspired to use some of their superfluous wealth to use manufacturers that pay and treat their workers fairly. This is part of our service learning project, and once we have enough signatures, we plan on composing a letter to send along with this petition to the CEOs of these companies to tell them enough is enough: don't cut corners and don't allow slavery to be a part of our smartphones.
Sincerely,
Students from Ms. Ciccone's Second Period English Class
Alhambra High School
5 Comments
When Steve Jobs was alive he claimed that FOXXCON was not a sweathouse, he said it had restauraunts, swimming pools, and movie theatres. BUT the reason they have those is so they can make excuses! Their workers don't even GET to use those things because they have a 2 hour lunch break. If they finish their lunch on time they sleep cuz they're exausted so FOXXCON IS A SWEATHOUSE!
asians are not slaves! asians are people and you're just a racist owner of the comapnies! stop asian slavery now! we do not need this! if you want to hire people to work for you, you need to pay them fairly not make them your slaves! this is racism!
it is sick that we pay so much for these phones and the people making them arent even getting paid. apple and samsung need to stop being so greedy and treat people like humans.
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When Steve Jobs was alive he claimed that FOXXCON was not a sweathouse, he said it had restauraunts, swimming pools, and movie theatres. BUT the reason they have those is so they can make excuses! Their workers don't even GET to use those things because they have a 2 hour lunch break. If they finish their lunch on time they sleep cuz they're exausted so FOXXCON IS A SWEATHOUSE!