Did coerced labour build your car? (www.thebureauinvestigates.com)
from Pro@programming.dev to world@lemmy.world on 31 May 15:59
https://programming.dev/post/31372762

Chinese factories tied to Xinjiang forced labour feed supply chains for practically every major carmaker – and tariffs won’t stop that

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masterspace@lemmy.ca on 31 May 16:34 next collapse

It’s remarkably light on details about the coerced / forced labour.

It just mentions that they ship in thousands of workers from the western regions of China where there are forced / coerced labour issues.

I’m not one to trust or believe the Chinese government, but this article didn’t exactly convince me there was an issue in the first place.

Edit: never mind, I missed the link to this article which has a lot more detail: thebureauinvestigates.com/…/chinas-economy-runs-o…

dinren@discuss.online on 31 May 17:14 collapse

Don’t worry, the ML are totally cool with this by just denying it exists and focusing on destroying the US.

TheFrirish@jlai.lu on 01 Jun 07:06 next collapse

Not possible I have been assured by .ml that China could never do such a thing and only the US and the West are capable of wrongdoing. Besides having a job is good.

You can rest easy now. /s

EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com on 01 Jun 08:10 collapse

Where do we draw the line with what is/isn’t coercion? “Wage slave” is a commonly used phrase for a reason. Most people face the threat of homelessness and starvation if they don’t work.

But this gets a little philosophical. I’m going to interpret it to mean: “labor standards and practices that are considered unfair by developed western nations.” Unfortunately this is pervasive and many common products fall under this.