Mass Layoffs in China

[Yanni Chiu]

On 04/08/11 8:49 AM, Ori Idan wrote:
> The right link is: http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=627808?rss
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:45 PM, SlackRat <ab460-0l1pH2CMacvR7s880joybQ at public.gmane.org
> <mailto:ab460-0l1pH2CMacvR7s880joybQ at public.gmane.org>> wrote:
>
>     Looks like a shakeup is coming in the assembly lines
>
>     If the workers commit suicide because they can't live on their wages,
>     replace them by 1M robots
>
>     http://www.mathabba.net/news/?__x=627808?rss
>     <http://www.mathabba.net/news/?x=627808?rss>
>
>     --
>     Slackrat
>     The original Slacker

Slackrat,

The article says: "... is in the spotlight after a string of suicides of 
workers at its massive Chinese plants, which some blamed on tough 
working conditions."

I don't understand how you concluded "the workers commit suicide because 
they can't live on their wages" from the article.

What I get from the article is that there is ugly, dirty, strenuous, or 
repetitive work, which robots are better suited to do. Back in the '60's 
and '70's in North American auto plants, before the robots arrived, 
there was lots of tough work being done. We're still here, after the 
robots arrived.

-- 
Yanni
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