This year "Apple admitted that it had identified at least 11 children working in overseas factories which produce iPods, iPhones, and computers. In addition to the child labor, illegal and exploitative working conditions for adults exist in some of Apple's factories as well...The company admitted that just over half of its overseas factories ignore the company policy that employees cannot work more than 60 hours a week. And the factories in China, where the majority are located, regularly break Chinese labor laws which prohibit employees from working more than 49 hours a week. Only 65% of factories were paying the wages and benefits due to workers, and 24 factories in China violated minimum wage laws." Read more here
The good thing is that report was brought forward by Apple themselves, showing a raising of consciousness on their part.
Let's turn the clock back to 1999:
"U.S. firms [such as the Gap] enjoyed advantages in Saipan unvailable to them onthe mainland, including a low minimum wage - only $3.05 an hour..." Read more
To learn more about corporations, visit our Earth site here
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment