New report reveals severe violations of workers’ rights in Asian mobile phone factories...Young electronics workers handle chemicals without protective gear. They work inhumane overtime hours to cover basic needs and are punished if they make mistakes. In the export processing zones in Asia where the factories are located, protests are often brutally suppressed...The mobile phone companies mentioned in the report were given the opportunity to comment on makeITfair’s findings...In both China and the Philippines, electronics workers are silenced through anti-union tactics used by both the employers and the state.