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Sunday, 30 May 2010
No man is an island
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Uganda president orders public servants to retire at 50
"But supporters of Museveni's directive argue that something drastic is needed to tackle youth unemployment. Uganda has one of the fastest growing and youngest populations in the world, with a typical woman having six children or more, and nearly 80% of the 32m citizens under the age of 30.
Selbstmordwelle in iPhone Fabrik in China
The Guardian schreibt:
"The motives are unknown, but a statistical analysis suggests the difficulty of adjusting to a new city and new job may well have been a factor. The 12 known deaths since June were all of migrant employees in the 19-24 age range. Most of the eight men and four women were in their first job since leaving school. Half had been there for less than four months. Most leapt from Foxconn buildings....
Many people believe they did it for the money," said Li, a doctor at the clinic outside the factory gates. "The families of the victims have been promised more than 400,000 yuan. That's more than the workers could expect to earn over their entire lives so they might have thought that by jumping, they could solve all of their family's financial problems.
But even as suicide nets were being erected, newly arrived migrants from the countryside were queueing up outside the factory to apply for jobs.
"I've been waiting for three days," said Wu Zongying, 20, from Henan. "I really want a job here. It's better pay than the shoe factory where I used to work. I've heard about the suicides but I'm not worried. Nobody made those people jump. They were unhappy. They should have just left. I don't really understand it."
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