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1 China’s Poverty, Inhumane Work, and The U.S Economy Djery Clement

2 Technology is Moving Fast

3 Wii Xbox 360 iPhone iPad iKindle MacBook Pro We Can’t Live Without Them!

4 But wait…?

5 Where do they all come from?

6 Look No Farther than China

7 The Ominous Foxconn Factories pcworld.com

8 Made by Employees, Not Machines http://www.nicaraguanbugle.com/2012/09/25/20 00-workers-riot-in-foxconn-factory-in-china/

9 Cramped Living Conditions 10 people a room Constant surveillance Restricted activities Mandatory Rent

10 Work Management Working 10-12 hours a day Low wages Constant pressure Everyday humiliation Cruel treatment

11 The average American can afford to pay $321 for an iPhone…

12 … But a Foxconn worker has to work for 3 months to afford one

13 No escape… http://www.daa.org.uk/index.php?mact=Blogs,cntnt01,showentry,0&cntnt01e ntryid=318&cntnt01returnid=98 Constant pressure…

14 Suicide is the only way out http://articles.businessinsider.com/2010-05-27/tech/29964714_1_foxconn-suicide-nets

15 Workers choose to jump from Foxconn windows… chinaworker.info

16 Or hang themselves...

17 Foxconn’s Solution Nets around factories Contracts preventing suicide http://svtc.org/blog/advocacy/the-foxconn-suicides/

18 Even Worse…

19 Foxconn have been using students and interns impunitywatch.com

20 They are told they will not graduate if they don’t work

21 Students’ Working Conditions 70% of an adult’s pay Dismissed from education Working overnight up to 10 hours

22 http://www.mactrast.com/2012/09/report-chinese-students-are- being-forced-to-intern-in-foxconn-factories/

23 At the Same Time…

24 The government is working together with Foxconn for profit, using these very students!!

25 Some students have even resorted to suicide

26 Foxconn’s revenue $117.5 billion

27 But they can’t even pay attention to their workers well-being

28 And all of that profit goes to increase the U.S. economy

29 Surely there must be a solution…

30 Improving the working conditions of the employees…

31 …wouldn’t be a bad place to start!


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