This story is amazing on its own, but something revealing: Apple's factory workers steal for rewards because they aren't paid a living wage.https://twitter.com/failnaut/status/877193889546997760 …
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Also: posted rate not negotiated rate, the questionable trustworthiness numbers on the internet about appt prices in China (broadly) etc
These numbers aren't what we can conceive of being able to live on in the US in USD but it's a different scenario in practice
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I'm well aware of the difference in cost of living, and going from reports by labor groups.
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They also have to work significantly longer hours than what we'd consider normal, which would be another incentive.
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Furthermore, housing is often provided to factory workers in addition. I would live in the dorms I've seen.
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This report paints a vastly different picture of those dorms. It's from 2015, but the numbers are similar. https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_149797703806916&key=ce074976249105acf14d8c9cf69bdcd1&libId=j45sp7f501003n6p000MAgsa8vsh&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fnews%2Flow-wages-and-long-hours-still-persist-at-iphone-factory-claims-labor-group%2F&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinalaborwatch.org%2Fupfile%2F2015_10_21%2F2015.10%2520Apple%2520Pegatron%2520report%2520FINAL--compress.pdf&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&title=Low%20wages%2C%20long%20hours%20persist%20at%20iPhone%20factory%2C%20says%20labor%20group%20-%20CNET&txt=China%20Labor%20Watch%20made%20the%20allegations%20in%20a%20new%20report …
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(They also have to pay for the housing out of those wages)
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