Lenin:
The monstrous oppression of the working people by the state, which is merging more and more with the all-powerufl capitalist associations, is becoming increasingly monstrous. The advanced countries--we mean the hinterland--are becoming military convict prisons for the workers.
From the Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior Report on Foxconn:
The Sichuan government plays an influential role in the recruitment process. In fact, most of the interviewees in Chengdu highlighted that they were recruited by the local governments of the respective towns and villages. The endeavour of the governments in village level can be explained by pressure from the Chengdu government in order to boost the economic development.
The government also set up “Project No. 1” which facilitates the investment and production of Foxconn in Chengdu. On the website of Pi County of Chengdu, it reveals that the local government has to accomplish the recruitment project for Foxconn in line with “Project No. 1”.3
The Chengdu’s Pi County government states it has to fulfill the task of Foxconn recruitment project.
Job seekers saw a job advertisement posted by the government in their hometowns which showed the salary at Foxconn was CNY 1600, and the salary would be increased to over CNY 2000 after the appraisal. Many young people find the terms are attractive and apply for jobs at Foxconn subsequently.
“At that time, the job advertisement from the government showed there was 8-hour work shift a day. And the monthly salary in the first six months is CNY 1600. Although I can make CNY 2000 a month, it’s all because of the overtime work I have,” a 20-year-old male worker said.
“The salary in the job advertisement is ambiguous. It only states we can earn CNY 1600 a month. We are cheated,” another male worker who joined Foxconn after the Chinese New Year in 2011 said.
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