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From odo <odo@micronet.it>
Date Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:49:51 +0100
Subject [HaCkmEeTiNg] micro$oft, Cina e diritti umani 

Suggerisco una lettura dell'assemblea 2001 degli azionisti Micro$oft.

Trattenendo le reazioni violente ed inconsulte, i conati di vomito e 
l'installazione forzata di linux anche al vicino di casa, l'intervento
di Elaine Gibbons mi sembra rilevante.

Cito una parte della sua richiesta:

EG: "We have three concerns about Microsoft's China operations, labor rights

problems, human rights problems, the sale of technology that may help

Chinese government suppress dissent. First, as many of you know, China

has terrible labor rights and human rights problems, common forms of labor 
rights abuse include physical abuse, forced labor, child labor,

improper deductions from wages, and dangerous working conditions. The

Chinese government does not enforce labor laws, therefore, Microsoft

must undertake special measures to ensure its employees and subcontracted 
employees are not suffering labor rights abuses, and we

have no evidence that Microsoft is adequately addressing these problems.
We're also concerned about human rights problems in China that affect

Microsoft.

(snip)

In addition, according to Amnesty, workers advertising independent

unions have been tortured, thrown into psychiatric institutions with

terrible side effects. If Microsoft employees thought to form an

independent union in China, they would likely be subject to similar

treatment.
Finally, we are concerned that Microsoft may be selling software to

Chinese police or security service "

Prima di ogni commento, e' meglio leggere il testo completo e non
basarsi solo sul mio estratto:

http://www.microsoft.com/msft/speech/smeet/shareholdermeeting01.htm


Su /. si e' discusso recentemente, ma non di questi temi.


odo

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