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Article

13 Apr 2010

Author:
National Labor Committee [USA]

Microsoft supplier in China Forces Teenagers to Work 15-hour Shifts Under Sweatshop Conditions

Over the course of a three-year investigation of the KYE factory...unprecedented photos were smuggled out of the factory, of exhausted teenagers, seen slumping over asleep on their assembly line during break time. KYE recruits...up to 1,000..."work-study" students 16 and 17 years of age, who work 15-hour shifts, six and seven days a week...Some...appear to be just 14 or 15 years old...Workers are paid...52 cents an hour after deductions for factory food...Security guards sexually harass the young women... Freedom of movement is restricted...[Also refers to ACCO Brands, Acer, Asus, Best Buy, Bison, Blue Take, Elecom, First International Computer, Foxconn, HP, Kensington, Lanix, LG Electronics, Logitech, Microsoft, Samsung, Sanmina, Targus, WiLife (part of Logitech)]