Unfortunately Tim can't say, if we build the iphones in the US you're iphones will cost $2,000 or more. Why does one think manufactured in America has all but died off?
Government funding is not the same as private enterprise.
Ask the wrong question and sometimes there aren't any more questions.
Hmmm…. I really would love working in an Apple factory in the USA. Here are my demands to keep me and hundreds of thousands of Americans working in these factories happy. We want Hourly wages of $25-$50+ an hour, $50k- $100k+
Yes, a lot of virtue signalling for sure. But Apple didn't close the cafeteria.
Riots broke out on Wednesday at the world's largest iPhone factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, according to video shared on social media.
Footage widely circulated online shows hundreds of Foxconn workers marching in protest, clashing with police and some being confronted by people in hazmat suits.
Some video captured workers complaining about the food they had been provided, with others protesting that they had not been paid bonuses as promised.
The Zhengzhou plant is Foxconn's biggest iPhone factory with around 200,000 workers. Foxconn is responsible for assembling around 70 percent of the iPhones that Apple sells, and it has been struggling to keep employees on site due to COVID lockdowns.
China's zero-COVID policy requires cities to quickly quell outbreaks through restrictions, and with COVID spreading in Zhengzhou, workers have wanted to return home to avoid being stuck at the factory should there be a more stringent lockdown.
Workers have also been unhappy with restrictions at the factory, such as the closure of the dine-in cafeteria, and a shortage of supplies that caused a panic.
Employee issues at the Zhengzhou plant could cause iPhone output to fall as much as 30 percent. Foxconn has attempted to mitigate the supply issues by offering bonuses and ramping up production at another factory in Shenzhen, but workers at the Zhengzhou plant have accused Foxconn of not living up to contract agreements.
"They changed the contract so that we could not get the subsidy as they had promised. They quarantine us but don't provide food," said one Foxconn worker on video shared online. "If they do not address our needs, we will keep fighting."
Article Link: Angry Protests Break Out at Key iPhone Factory in China
www.bbc.com
I do feel better already. Thanks for that reminder. 😮💨
That's capitalism by definition.
But where are you going to go? Everything is manufactured in China. :/
I see what you are saying just to add every other gadget out there is problematic on some level - some much of what goes into electronics comes from China and other Asian countries can't match China as of now.
So sell all of your Apple devices, plus everything else you might own that's made in China. Prove us that you really care, not just at declarative level. Be the first! Set an example!
Me too. But would you happily pay an extra $1500 for a US-made iPhone? I, for one, am not sure I would.
For me, it’s okay if something is made in China (although I’d prefer somewhere else, and try to buy elsewhere when possible). What I’m not okay with is the item being made in miserable working conditions. So if I did choose another device, while it would probably still be made there, I would look into the manufacturing process.
Being someone whose employer doesn’t seem to care about them, I can definitely feel their anger. I was promised much and given very little with the pandemic as an excuse. Now that it’s over I have a much larger workload and nearly the same pay as a result. I hope better conditions do result for these people.
