Mass Layoffs in China

[edward chin]

According to the following article, the robots are being used to improve
working conditions and to reduce suicides.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/robot-solution-to-chinese-suicides-20110802-1i9u1.html

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:03 PM,  <sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> It's still shocking, Yanni, even after you replace the phrase with
> "commit suicide due to tough working conditions." Rather than improve
> working conditions, they would sooner displace thousands of labourers,
> is the message I still get from the article. I still find that tragic.
>
> Paul King
>
> On 4 Aug 2011 at 12:53, Yanni Chiu wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
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