[DannyTN]

Yeah, they can make the same product for $2 a day instead of $15/hr. And they can make more of the same product because they work 12 hour days instead of 8.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Yup. And those pesky environmental laws in the US don’t apply in China.

[Swordmaker]

Yeah, they can make the same product for $2 a day instead of $15/hr. And they can make more of the same product because they work 12 hour days instead of 8.

Try, $44.40 a day. $3.70 an hour times a twelve hour day. $44.40. That's what the top assembly line workers on Apple's Foxconn line are paid. . . or the equivalent in Yuan. Beginning workers start at about $3.10.

Workers on other makers' lines start at about $1.90 and advance to $2.50. That's why workers want to move to Apple lines and will queue by the thousands for a few openings.