Are we reverting back to the stereotypical Nike sweatshop factories? Perhaps Apple is leading the charge on this one. News has leaked out that thousands of Chinese students have had their semesters suspended so they can work at a Foxconn plant producing the iPhone 5.
After the plant couldn't find enough workers to produce the new phone, the took to Huai'an in the Jiangsu Province of China. Students here were removed from their schooling, driven to the factory, and paid minimal wages to produce the product. Working 6 days a week at up to 12 hours per day, they are making a whopping $244 per month. That breaks down to making just about $0.85 an hour. A student posting under the anonymous name of MengniuIQ84 stated that authorities had ordered the students to work, but without the consent of the factory or parents.
This is absurd, and I thought waiters making $2.45 an hour was crazy. I would love to hear what Steve Jobs would have said about this news.
Source: www.Shanghaidaily.com
LOL while I agree its disgustingly unreaz its not apples fault. Foxconn is NOT owned by apple. That's like saying its my fault if I have pay YOU to build something for and you make 10 year olds do it. You could have done it legit but you wanted to save a buck
ReplyDeleteThey are robots anyways i dont see the big deal...
ReplyDeleteYeah they shouldnt be paid at all
ReplyDeleteApple should do whatever they can to separate themselves from crimes against humanity such as this. This is capitalism at it's worst, mixed with Communism. Wow.
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