AFP
March 29, 2012
Workplace abuses were uncovered in an audit that equated to “a full body scan” of three Chinese factories pumping out coveted Apple gadgets, independent investigators reported on Thursday.
Employees at each of the factories exceeded a work-week limit of 76 hours set by Chinese law and, in some cases, worked more than seven days straight without a required 24-hour break, according to the Fair Labor Association.
“The Fair Labor Association gave Apple’s largest supplier the equivalent of a full-body scan through 3,000 staff hours investigating three of its factories and surveying more than 35,000 workers,” said FLA president Auret van Heerden.
“Apple and its supplier Foxconn have agreed to our prescriptions, and we will verify progress and report publicly.”
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THATS WHY I DONT BUY THIS TRASH.
WHO NEEDS A 1000 A YEAR TELEPHONE?
Wow! The Apple Elite really threw the WHIP on their ass!
Factories with locked doors, employees are beaten and not fed if they go to the bathroom for over 3 minutes, and suicide nets hang from the building to prevent any escapes… Sounds like a Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Obama wet dream.
I doubt that the changes will be much more than surface to temporarily draw down the bad criticism in the press.
In the run up to an iPhone 5 release if anything the point of the investigation was to make sure supply efficiency can meet demand. I’m a cynic…yes.
Jeffrey