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Article

31 May 2012

Author:
Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM)

Sweatshops are good for Apple and Foxconn, but not for workers [China]

...SACOM [Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior] revisited the Foxconn’s production sites in Zhengzhou of Henan province in inland China and Shenzhen where most of the interviewees work on Apple production lines. The research shows labour rights violations remain the norm in the factories…[K]ey findings of SACOM’s investigations: No freedom of speech…No freedom of association…No transparency in the FLA’s inspections: Workers have no access to the FLA’s report and the remedial actions…Overall salary decreases…Unpaid overtime and demanding production targets…Excessive overtime…Inhumane treatment…Psychological tests for job applicants…Unsafe working environment…

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