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Jan 2, 2018 10 tweets 5 min read Read on X
In 2016, Foxconn replaced 60,000 Chinese workers with robots.

bbc.com/news/technolog…
Brazil expected 100,000 jobs from Foxconn investment, but got only 3,000.

reuters.com/article/us-fox…
Even if my hands were dirty, I wouldn't wash them in this water."

Foxconn has a history of dumping heavy metals into rivers that supply drinking water.

@wisgop has given Foxconn permission to do whatever it would like to #wisconsin rivers and streams.

theregister.co.uk/2013/08/05/chi…
"Foxconn’s used water — possibly tainted with toxic metals and other contaminants — then will need to be returned to the Great Lakes watershed."

#wisconsin #foxconn #greatlakes #wiunion #badgers #fishing

urbanmilwaukee.com/2017/07/31/op-…
Foxconn wants to automate entire factories in China. Why would it want to do anything differently in #wisconsin?

macrumors.com/2016/12/30/fox…
"We know that outside manufacturing plants of Foxconn, rivers are very polluted . . . The correlation is very strong, let's put it that way."

chicagotribune.com/business/ct-fo…
"In Brazil, Foxconn has an iPhone factory, but its investment has fallen far short of expectations. 'There’s a pattern here,' said Moel, the analyst."

washingtonpost.com/business/econo…
From the company that Wisconsin GOP has waived from following already weak environmental regulations

flickr.com/photos/jordanp…

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