EvilCat Breath
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Very interesting. Foxcomm wanted to build earlier but was stopped by onerous and burdensome regulations.Before you guys go all GOP celebration on the WH lawn, you should know that this company has promised to build a factory here before (PA), but backed out and never built it. This was back in 2013.
WHAT IS FOXCONN'S RECORD?
Foxconn has promised to build plants around the world and backed out. Foxconn promised in 2013, for example, to invest $30 million and hire 500 workers for a new, high-tech factory in Pennsylvania that was never built.
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HOW DOES FOXCONN TREAT ITS WORKERS?
Foxconn has struggled to meet high safety and other standards expected of consumer electronics brands while keeping costs low. Its Chinese plants making Apple products, especially, have drawn attention for worker suicides, accidents and labor disturbances. Labor advocates say the company imposes excessive overtime and pressure on workers, especially when it ramps up production ahead of new iPhone launches. Foxconn CEO Terry Gou has raised wages and pledged to prevent more deaths.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...-know-about-foxconn-plant-coming-to-wisconsin
And, there's also the little fact that the groundbreaking isn't scheduled to even start until 2018.
That makes sense.