Apple would it hurt you to PUT AQMERICANS to work?? the cost of Labor in China is not as cheap as it was.
It’s not just about cost.
One example: These plants are huge and employ tens of thousands of people who live in dorms right next to the plants. One night, Apple modified the design of the next iPhone. In order to not have it cause a delay in production, the company roused something like ten thousand plus workers in the middle of the night, fed them tea and biscuits, and sent them to work (paid, of course). The schedule was kept.
Can you imagine this happening in America these days? The union, the NLRB, everybody would be all over that company.
You may have heard regulations are to keep work hours below 60 hours per week. This is actually pissing off the workers. The vast majority don’t consider Foxconn a career. They’re mostly from the poor outlying districts of China. They come to Foxconn to work their asses off for a few years making as much as possible so they can go back home with a good nest egg. They WANT that 80+ hour work week so they can go back sooner.
Imagine that in the US at that scale. Not happening. Well, maybe if we granted two-year work visas to any Mexican who wants it, and keep the unions and NLRB light-years away.
I had a summer job in high-school, 3 days of a 12-hour shift and one day of four hours, every week. This meant the maximum 40 hours. I had one goal that summer, to make as much money as possible to afford what I wanted at the end. I didn’t have other plans, and biking to work and the job itself were doing good for my physique. I wanted to work that 12-hour shift six days a week, but that damn 40 hour legal limit just about halved my potential take for the summer. I understand how these workers feel. I had to buss tables and wash dishes into the school year to afford what I wanted, meaning the child labor laws really worked opposite their intent, taking my time during school days instead of letting me use free summer hours.