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Foxconn replaces 60000 factory workers with robots
Nov 21st, 2017 at 6:54pm
 
Check it out. Even chinese workers working for peanuts are being retrenched en-mass. What is the end-game ? What hope for the rest of us ??

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Apple and Samsung supplier Foxconn has reportedly replaced 60,000 factory workers with robots.

One factory has "reduced employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000 thanks to the introduction of robots", a government official told the South China Morning Post.
Xu Yulian, head of publicity for the Kunshan region, added: "More companies are likely to follow suit."

China is investing heavily in a robot workforce.
In a statement to the BBC, Foxconn Technology Group confirmed that it was automating "many of the manufacturing tasks associated with our operations" but denied that it meant long-term job losses.

"We are applying robotics engineering and other innovative manufacturing technologies to replace repetitive tasks previously done by employees, and through training, also enable our employees to focus on higher value-added elements in the manufacturing process, such as research and development, process control and quality control.

"We will continue to harness automation and manpower in our manufacturing operations, and we expect to maintain our significant workforce in China."

Since September 2014, 505 factories across Dongguan, in the Guangdong province, have invested 4.2bn yuan (£430m) in robots, aiming to replace thousands of workers.
Kunshan, Jiangsu province, is a manufacturing hub for the electronics industry.


Economists have issued dire warnings about how automation will affect the job market, with one report, from consultants Deloitte in partnership with Oxford University, suggesting that 35% of jobs were at risk over the next 20 years.

Former McDonald's chief executive Ed Rensi recently told the US's Fox Business programme a minimum-wage increase to $15 an hour would make companies consider robot workers.

"It's cheaper to buy a $35,000 robotic arm than it is to hire an employee who is inefficient, making $15 an hour bagging French fries," he said.


http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36376966
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Reply #1 - Nov 21st, 2017 at 7:38pm
 
What the hell is the world going to do with all these people without jobs?
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Reply #3 - Nov 21st, 2017 at 7:52pm
 
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 7:38pm:
What the hell is the world going to do with all these people without jobs?


who is going to buy the rich mans goods and services ?
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Reply #4 - Nov 21st, 2017 at 8:03pm
 
Sir lastnail wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 7:52pm:
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 7:38pm:
What the hell is the world going to do with all these people without jobs?


who is going to buy the rich mans goods and services ?



That's the problem - also -
the people in China don't even have a dole -
and we have a dole that is only 1/3rd of the amount to live in poverty.

I can predict billions of people dying in poverty.
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Reply #5 - Nov 21st, 2017 at 8:05pm
 
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 8:03pm:
Sir lastnail wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 7:52pm:
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 7:38pm:
What the hell is the world going to do with all these people without jobs?


who is going to buy the rich mans goods and services ?



That's the problem - also -
the people in China don't even have a dole -
and we have a dole that is only 1/3rd of the amount to live in poverty.

I can predict billions of people dying in poverty.


most of the stuff the chinese workers make in the factory they could never afford to own and now without a job well they will never own anything.

And so much for julia gillard telling us that once the chinese get a job and move out of poverty they will become middle class and afford to buy our bullshit services Cheesy LOL
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Reply #6 - Nov 21st, 2017 at 9:35pm
 
60,000 fewer subscribers.......
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Reply #7 - Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:03pm
 
and the argument for governments to pay a living wage improves

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John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:03pm:
and the argument for governments to pay a living wage improves




And I'll make you a tin foil hat.
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Reply #9 - Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:31pm
 
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:28pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:03pm:
and the argument for governments to pay a living wage improves




And I'll make you a tin foil hat.


not willing to share yours ehhh!
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Reply #10 - Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:35pm
 
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:31pm:
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:28pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:03pm:
and the argument for governments to pay a living wage improves




And I'll make you a tin foil hat.


not willing to share yours ehhh!




You're a lunatic if you think the Govt. will pay us a living wage.

They are borrowing money to pay pensions.
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Reply #11 - Nov 21st, 2017 at 11:41pm
 
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:35pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:31pm:
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:28pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:03pm:
and the argument for governments to pay a living wage improves




And I'll make you a tin foil hat.


not willing to share yours ehhh!




You're a lunatic if you think the Govt. will pay us a living wage.

They are borrowing money to pay pensions.


you're a lunatic if you think they'll have a choice.
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Our esteemed leader:
I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.
 
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Reply #12 - Nov 22nd, 2017 at 4:48am
 
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:35pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:31pm:
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:28pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:03pm:
and the argument for governments to pay a living wage improves




And I'll make you a tin foil hat.


not willing to share yours ehhh!




You're a lunatic if you think the Govt. will pay us a living wage.

They are borrowing money to pay pensions.


They are borrowing money to support their total expenditure - not just pensions.

It is their total expenditure mix that needs looking at, not just the items cherry picked for political purposes.
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Reply #13 - Nov 22nd, 2017 at 5:45am
 
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Nov 22nd, 2017 at 4:48am:
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:35pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:31pm:
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:28pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:03pm:
and the argument for governments to pay a living wage improves




And I'll make you a tin foil hat.


not willing to share yours ehhh!




You're a lunatic if you think the Govt. will pay us a living wage.

They are borrowing money to pay pensions.


They are borrowing money to support their total expenditure - not just pensions.

It is their total expenditure mix that needs looking at, not just the items cherry picked for political purposes.



I remember talking to an accountant at work about 25 years ago.
He said there was never a provision for the massive number
of baby boomers to get the pension.
Superannuation was never going to be enough except for wealthy people.
He called it a waiting disaster that the Govt. was hiding from us.

Now they have solved it - borrow!
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Reply #14 - Nov 22nd, 2017 at 9:34am
 
Bobby. wrote on Nov 22nd, 2017 at 5:45am:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Nov 22nd, 2017 at 4:48am:
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:35pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:31pm:
Bobby. wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:28pm:
John Smith wrote on Nov 21st, 2017 at 10:03pm:
and the argument for governments to pay a living wage improves




And I'll make you a tin foil hat.


not willing to share yours ehhh!




You're a lunatic if you think the Govt. will pay us a living wage.

They are borrowing money to pay pensions.


They are borrowing money to support their total expenditure - not just pensions.

It is their total expenditure mix that needs looking at, not just the items cherry picked for political purposes.



I remember talking to an accountant at work about 25 years ago.
He said there was never a provision for the massive number
of baby boomers to get the pension.
Superannuation was never going to be enough except for wealthy people.
He called it a waiting disaster that the Govt. was hiding from us.

Now they have solved it - borrow!


It's a classic ponzi scheme Sad
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