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Article

17 Nov 2009

Author:
Kathleen E. McLaughlin & Jonathan Adams, Global Post [USA]

Silicon Sweatshops: The China connection

Electronics components maker Dongguan Masstop…[part] of Taiwan's Wintek…told workers in February that their overtime pay rate would be slashed …Activists said that managers cut workers' salaries without negotiating with them first…Wintek insists it got approval for this measure from the local government and an "employee representative meeting,"…Workers rejected the pay cut and took several other gripes to management, including bad food and unsanitary dining conditions… Nokia confirmed that Wintek is a supplier; Apple said it does not confirm supplier relationships… Dongguan Masstop workers said they clock 70-hour weeks…making…83 cents per hour… "The activities of each company in the Wintek Group are conducted in accordance with local laws and regulations," said Wintek Vice President James Chen. [also refers to Apple, Nokia]