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  1. Jul 2017
    1. Many people are taken that way and then die there from disease or cave-ins, and your family never even knows you’ve died; you just disappear.

      This is so sad. My heart goes out to all the families that have experienced this and all the workers that have been lost due to this cruel scam.

    2. Yours is probably within arm’s reach right now. Our phones are so ubiquitous, we tend to forget that they only arrived on the scene about twenty years ago.

      It's sad to admit but my phone truly is right next to me the majority of the time. A lot of people including my self are very dependent on this technology.

    3. Surprisingly, slavery is at the root of much of the natural world’s destruction.

      I truly didn't even think this was a contributing cause. It really is surprising.

    4. Slaves are producing many of the things we buy, and in the process they are forced to destroy our shared environment, increase global warming, and wipe out protected species

      Every one is so quick to say slavery doesn't still exist but it does...

    5. Cellphones have become electronic umbilical cords connecting us with our children, our partners, and our parents with an immediacy and reliability hardly known before.

      We are so lucky to be able to communicate with loved ones whenever we want through the use of a laptop or cell phone. I can't believe people used to have to wait weeks to get a reply from a loved one via mail!

    6. The red granite tombstones that sell for $500 to $1,000 in the United States, and more in Europe, are purchased in bulk from India for as little as $50, plus a US import duty of just 3.7 percent.

      This is so sad...it's crazy to think that when someone is grieving a lose they are getting scammed for tons of money. It's absolutely ridiculous that funeral homes will charge anywhere from $450 to $950 more for a tombstone.

    7. The red granite tombstones that sell for $500 to $1,000 in the United States, and more in Europe, are purchased in bulk from India for as little as $50, plus a US import duty of just 3.7 percent.
    8. This is so unfortunate. My mom had her house built just two years ago and the builder told her that if she wanted different granite counter tops than the ones being offered she would have to pay a lot more. The profit made on granite is ridiculous and it all comes down to the good old supply and demand. People want the durable yet classy granite and they will pay to get it.

    9. In the United States, the average cost of installing those countertops runs from $2,000 to $8,000, but the price charged by Indian exporters for polished red granite is just $5 to $15 per square meter—that comes to about $100 for all the granite your kitchen needs.

      This is so unfortunate. My mom had her house built just two years ago and the builder told her that if she wanted different granite counter tops than the ones being offered she would have to pay a lot more. The profit made on granite is ridiculous and it all comes down to the good old supply and demand. People want the durable yet classy granite and they will pay to get it.

    1. And Kathy says to her, kind of sharply, she says, "You should have gone to the labor board. That's what they're there for. You should have gone to the labor board." And the woman says, "I did. I went to the labor board, and I told them about my problem. And they took down my name and my address and my company. And they took my name, and they put it on the blacklist, and they fired me."

      When there are no rules enforced within a big company mistreatment occurs. If only companies like Foxconn had an HR that truly looked out for the well being of employees. China is more concerned with getting products shipped than how employees are treated.

    2. I talk to an older man with leathery skin. His right hand is twisted up into a claw. It was crushed in a metal press at Foxconn. He says he didn't receive any medical attention, and it healed this way. And then when he was too slow, they fired him.

      It's ridiculous that companies overseas are allowed to do this...something like this would never fly in the United States.

    3. And you need to know that this is eminently avoidable. If these people were rotated monthly on their jobs, this would not happen. But that would require someone to care. That would require someone at Foxconn and the other suppliers to care. That would require someone at Apple and Dell and the other customers to care. Currently, no one in the ecosystem cares enough to even enforce that.

      Sadly this statement seems to be true.

    4. If they can't do it, there are people behind them, watching them. And there are cameras watching both sets of people, and people watching the camera as they lock it down. They sharpen it to a fine, sharp edge every hour. And those hours are long.

      That must be so unnerving to have someone watching your every mood every minute of every hour.

    5. They don't really check ages. The outside companies do have inspections. But the workers told me Foxconn always knows when there is going to be an inspection. So what they do then-- they don't even check ages then

      Daisey is claiming that Foxconn never checks the age of workers.

    6. They don't really check ages. The outside companies do have inspections. But the workers told me Foxconn always knows when there is going to be an inspection. So what they do then-- they don't even check ages then.