Foxconn Raising Wages By 30% To Combat SuicidesS  There's not
been confirmation to Monday's report that Apple would be giving
a percentage of their profits to Foxconn factory workers who
produce their products, but Foxconn's doing their bit in
offering financial reasons for its employees to stay alive.  It
must be difficult, knowing your family would receive the
equivalent of ten years' salary if you had an "accident" whilst
on the job. Any employee carrying any sense of guilt or desire
to repay their family for raising them, whilst suffering from a
crippling lack of motivation and happiness working a tedious
job, would understandably consider the huge financial pay-off
their family would be given.  That's why it makes so much sense
for Foxconn to raise wages by at least 30 per cent, bumping up
their monthly wages from around $130 to $175. The pay-rise will
be effective immediately, and with any luck we can see a slow
(or even full stop) made to the last six months' worth of
suicides at the Shenzhen factory.