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On the Rooftops of Foxconn (Updated)

Last week, workers at a Foxconn Technology Group campus in Wuhan gathered on the factory roof to protest poor working conditions. Foxconn manufactures products for leaders in the world of hi-tech gadgetry, including Apple, Sony, Microsoft and Amazon. PC World describes the hard bargaining chip used by the protestors, and its sensitivity at Foxconn: Workers at a Foxconn Technology Group campus in Ch