A U.S.-based labor watchdog group says it has uncovered disturbing working conditions inside a Chinese factory producing parts for our favorite electronic gadgets.
According to a new report from the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, workers at the Zhen Ding Technology Holding factory in Shenzhen, China, are pressured into working 65-hour weeks, made to sleep on plywood beds in bleak dormitories and harassed by the facility’s security force. The work is so exhausting that some of the estimated 15,000 workers choose to sleep through their lunch breaks instead of eating, the report states.
Zhen Ding supplies circuit boards for Apple iPhones and iPads, among other electronics.
“The production goal increases every day,” the report quotes one worker as saying. “Today we met the production goal, and then it goes up tomorrow. It goes up until we can’t finish the job.”
After viewing the report, an Apple spokesman told The Huffington Post that the company was already aware of problems at the factory due to previous annual audits. Apple put Zhen Ding on probation earlier this year after discovering it had doctored payroll records to hide excessive overtime. Such falsification is "a core violation of our Supplier Code of Conduct -- the most serious breach of compliance," the spokesman said. Though Zhen Ding may still be producing parts for Apple, the company won't be eligible for new orders until it proves its payroll records are legitimate. Full story...
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According to a new report from the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, workers at the Zhen Ding Technology Holding factory in Shenzhen, China, are pressured into working 65-hour weeks, made to sleep on plywood beds in bleak dormitories and harassed by the facility’s security force. The work is so exhausting that some of the estimated 15,000 workers choose to sleep through their lunch breaks instead of eating, the report states.
Zhen Ding supplies circuit boards for Apple iPhones and iPads, among other electronics.
“The production goal increases every day,” the report quotes one worker as saying. “Today we met the production goal, and then it goes up tomorrow. It goes up until we can’t finish the job.”
After viewing the report, an Apple spokesman told The Huffington Post that the company was already aware of problems at the factory due to previous annual audits. Apple put Zhen Ding on probation earlier this year after discovering it had doctored payroll records to hide excessive overtime. Such falsification is "a core violation of our Supplier Code of Conduct -- the most serious breach of compliance," the spokesman said. Though Zhen Ding may still be producing parts for Apple, the company won't be eligible for new orders until it proves its payroll records are legitimate. Full story...
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