NYT: How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work

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5. Of course it is..

Americans are some of the most productive workers in the world...Some say "the" most productive.

Certainly, they work longer hours and take far fewer vacation days than Europeans, on the whole, who

average about five vacation weeks a year...Americans average about two to three at most.

In return, of course, they tend to expect things like a First World Wage, a safe and humane work environment, and the right to

organize. None of those things, it seems, were to Mr. Jobs' liking...He detested unions.


The labor conditions in Foxconn in China, where Apple products are made, are such standing for TWELVE hours a day is expected..

Foxconn became famous in 2010 for having fourteen workers commit suicide by jumping out of company windows...The company responded by putting NETS outside of the windows.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/7773011/A-look-inside-the-Foxconn-suicide-factory.html

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AvomgZnWTiiP7kE8kDKhILh52PAI?p=foxconn+suicidal&fr=my-myy-s&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8