How do you feel about FoxComm opening a Detroit factory to make apple toys? Apparently they are eying Detroit.
http://www.electronista.com/articles...pple.hardware/
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How do you feel about FoxComm opening a Detroit factory to make apple toys? Apparently they are eying Detroit.
http://www.electronista.com/articles...pple.hardware/
Slave labor in Detroit? I don't think so!
Another TV manufacturing facility in Detroit would be great
In this economy anything is possible.
conn. Not you, it's FoxCONN.Quote:
Originally Posted by astongraham
They're communists -- so it'll be Union shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheels
I wonder if they'll need safety nets to stop the workers from jumping off the buildings here?????
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides
Another?Quote:
Originally Posted by rb336
Who are the others?
Google Element ElectronicsQuote:
Originally Posted by Detroitej72
Detroitej72, it isn't within city limits, but Element manufactures TVs in [[I believe) Canton.
I guess I"m out of touch, as I was thinking of companies like Zenith, RCA, and the companies of old.
That is not in the city of DetroitQuote:
Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
It is good to see that a manufacturing company is considering Detroit to set up it's operation. I think that Detroit should concentrate on being a working person's town instead of trying to be a metropolis. I would rather see a mixture of companies such as this, garment factory, agricultural, bicycle co and white collar companies as well. I just don't want Detroit to return to the one industry town such as it once was. No more companies that contaminate the air, ground and water.
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This websites mission is to link and unify Detroit and its environs. Stop being so divisive.Quote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
http://www.detroityes.com/about.php
"No more companies that contaminate the air, ground and water."
No offense, stasu1213, but read up a bit more on Foxconn and it's practices. Still I welcome them as long as they adhere to MI Environmental Standards. I had the privilege a few years back to be exposed to some Detroit high schoolers that wanted to enter a robotics contest. Outstanding talent. DPS ended shooting down the project. I think inner city youth needs more exposure to what's going on on the planet and not just in the "D".
The City of Detroit is not the whole of Detroit, get over itQuote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
Quote:
Originally Posted by stasu1213
It may not be in the city limits but as far as the rest of the world is concerned It is in the "D"!
http://news.consumerreports.org/elec...in-the-us.html
It's not a shop. condo or restaurant. You also don't need a degree to work there likely. Don't see how it fits here. Is the facility going to be walkable?
"You also don't need a degree to work there likely."
A vast majority of Detroiters are high school drop outs and have no 'degrees'. I don't see how you don't see the fit. The yuppies that populate downtown and midtown is not an accurate reflection of those in the city of Detroit that are seeking employment and need employment. I understand the jokes about slave labor, but do you seriously think they are gonna have the same working conditions as China? I know how much fun it is to have that vision in our head, but lets grow up folks.
End of story.
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