The launch of Apple's new iPhone 5 has inspired quite a few cartoons (see collectionhere). This one is by Jimmy Margulies is the editorial cartoonist for The Record, in the northern New Jersey suburbs of New York City.
The cartoon features two scenes. On the left, people are queueing (or waiting in line, if you're American) at an Apple store to buy the new iPhone. On the right, Chinese workers are entering a Foxconn manufacturing plant (where the iPhones are assembled).The title of the cartoon is 'Dying for the new iPhone'.
EXPLANATION
The cartoonist uses a play on words. If you are dying for something, you want it very much. • It's so hot. I'm dying for a beer. However, there have been a number of suicides at Foxconn plants, where the working conditions have come under intense scrutiny, so people are literally dying as well.
The cartoonist uses a play on words. If you are dying for something, you want it very much. • It's so hot. I'm dying for a beer. However, there have been a number of suicides at Foxconn plants, where the working conditions have come under intense scrutiny, so people are literally dying as well.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONShould we feel guilty about (or think twice before) buying products from companies (Apple is not the only 'culprit') who outsource production to suppliers with dubious labour practices in the developing world?
LATEST NEWS"On Sunday evening, a riot broke out at the company’s Taiyuan, China, plant on Sunday evening. More than 2,000 employees were involved, and it took more than 5,000 police several hours officers to bring the disturbance under control. Although many were injured, it was first thought that there were no deaths. Unfortunately the riot was much worse than initially reported, and ten workers have now been pronounced dead, according to reports." (source: Cult of Mac).
LATEST NEWS"On Sunday evening, a riot broke out at the company’s Taiyuan, China, plant on Sunday evening. More than 2,000 employees were involved, and it took more than 5,000 police several hours officers to bring the disturbance under control. Although many were injured, it was first thought that there were no deaths. Unfortunately the riot was much worse than initially reported, and ten workers have now been pronounced dead, according to reports." (source: Cult of Mac).
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