To whomever needs to hear it; there’s nothing wrong with wanting to define a relationship. Emotional manipulators may convince you that you are too reliant on “labels” when this topic arises. “Labels” serve a purpose, they represent a set of clear boundaries, expectations, and appropriate behaviors.
My love requires transparency, consistency, and commitment; never let anyone convince you that this is too much to ask for. If that person cannot or will not meet your needs, you owe it to yourself, and them, to leave.
And I realize that no matter where I am, whether in a little room full of thought, or in this endless universe of stars and mountains, it’s all in my mind.
This isn’t a coincidence. Revolutions almost always happen when the population of a country is at its youngest and that’s a lot more true nowadays with social media.
Leaked documents show children as young as 16 recruited by Amazon supplier Foxconn work gruelling and illegal hours
Hundreds of schoolchildren have been drafted in to make Amazon’s Alexa devices in China as part of a controversial and often illegal attempt to meet production targets, documents seen by the Guardian reveal.
Interviews with workers and leaked documents from Amazon’s supplier Foxconn show that many of the children have been required to work nights and overtime to produce the smart-speaker devices, in breach of Chinese labour laws.
According to the documents, the teenagers – drafted in from schools and technical colleges in and around the central southern city of Hengyang – are classified as “interns”, and their teachers are paid by the factory to accompany them. Teachers are asked to encourage uncooperative pupils to accept overtime work on top of regular shifts. [...]
Foxconn’s documents show that the company has wrestled with the issue of hiring schoolchildren as workers but decided that the benefits outweigh the risks.
Notes from a meeting to review the intern-hiring policy on 25 July this year reveal that without students the factory may not be able to hit production targets. The meeting was told that students are cheaper to hire than agency workers, which the factory also uses to cover peak production periods as an alternative to hiring regular staff.
The meeting was told that some children were refusing to work nightshifts and overtime, and there was a need for teachers to intervene.
“Nightshift line leaders should check in with student interns and teachers more often, and report back any abnormal situation so that teachers can persuade students to work nightshifts and overtime.”
If children continued to refuse to work the additional hours, the meeting was told that teachers should file a resignation letter on their behalf.
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