China Labor Watch chastises factory making 'cheap' iPhone [View all]
Source: CNet
September 5, 2013
The China Labor Watch claims in a new report that a factory in Apple's supply chain is yet again mistreating workers.
In a report released Thursday (PDF), China Labor Watch alleges that a factory in Wuxi, China -- apparently producing the casing for Apple's "cheap" iPhone -- is committing a number of labor violations.
The Jabil Green Point factory in Wuxi ("Jabil Wuxi"
is owned by Jabil Circuit, a U.S.-based company headquartered in St. Petersburg, Fla., which reported revenue of $17.2 billion in 2012. According to the nonprofit agency, the factory produces the rear plastic covers of Apple's cheap iPhone, believed to be announced in the coming weeks.
After conducting an undercover investigation, China Labor Watch alleges that Chinese workers have lost millions of dollars in unpaid overtime wages and are forced to complete over 100 hours of mandatory paid overtime a month on top of 11 hours of overtime which is unpaid. In addition, workers are made to stand for over 11 hours every day with no rest outside 30-minute meal breaks -- which is three times over the Chinese legal limit.
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