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In reply to the discussion: Why does Apple keep gouging it's customers? [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)That's like saying we can't criticize Obama because GWB was or Romney would be much worse. (One of which isn't entirely true, but that's a whole other can of worms.)
Also, I don't believe they are the assembly plant, I think they manufacture the parts.
Here's your links about Foxconn:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57444213-37/foxconn-working-conditions-slammed-by-workers-rights-group/
Exhausting workloads, humiliating discipline, and cramped dormitories are still "the norm" for workers at Foxconn factories in China, according to a report released today that details alleged working conditions at the manufacturing giant.
Managers at the company, which manufactures hardware for companies such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Sony, often discipline factory workers by forcing them to write and read aloud "confession letters" and to clean toilets, according to a report released by the workers rights group Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM).
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Living conditions remain "cramped and unpleasant," according to the report, which found 20 to 30 people typically sharing 3-bedroom apartments stocked with bunk beds. Use of high-energy electrical appliances such as hair dryers, kettles, and laptops is prohibited. Employees who violate the rules risk having their appliances confiscated and not returned until they leave the company's employment.
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/pro/proshow-176.html
On June 14th, a Foxconn worker jumped to his death from his apartment building in Chengdu, marking the 18th reported worker suicide at Foxconn factories in China in just over two years[1]. Many additional suicides may have gone unreported[2][3]. But these deaths and the focus on conditions at Foxconn reflect only a portion of the troubling conditions at Apple suppliers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/foxconn-working-conditions_n_1558415.html
Working conditions at Foxconn's gargantuan Chinese factories that assemble Apple Inc's slick gadgets have barely improved despite pledges this year to halt labor violations, workers' rights activists and employees said on Thursday.