09-22-2014, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ErectMedia
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You can thank the chinese kids assembling your shit 
2010 - Apple admits using child labour
2011 - Apple's child labour issues worsen
2012 - Your iPhone Was Built, In Part, By 13 Year-Olds Working 16 Hours A Day For 70 Cents An Hour
2013 - 'Even worse than Foxconn': Apple rocked by child labour claims
2014 - Repeated Violations at Chinese supplier
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Repeated Violations at Chinese supplier
A company in Suqian, China, called Catcher, making iPhone and iPad parts was found to have a number of serious health and safety, environmental, and human rights violations, as was revealed in a new investigative report. The investigation was conducted in August 2014 and released on 4th September 2014 by the non-profit organizations China Labor Watch (CLW) and Green America. CLW investigated the Catcher Sujian factory in April 2013 and found many of the same violations. At that time, CLW reported its findings to Apple privately, after which Apple committed to reforming some of the problems. The new report demonstrates that in the 16 months, Apple has not made progress with this supplier to improve conditions for its workers. In spite of Apple?s supplier code of conduct and commitments to prevent these violations, more than a year later, they persist. These findings are in violation of Chinese law and Apple?s Supplier Code of Conduct. The factory, which employs 20,000, is not one of Apple?s 18 Final Assembly Plants in China, and therefore is not one of the facilities where Apple has recently committed to a policy to ban the use of benzene and n-hexane in manufacturing. Violations found at Catcher Suqian included the following: ?Significant amounts of aluminum-magnesium alloy shreddings on the floor and dust particles in the air (this dust is both flammable and combustible). Lack of proper ventilation poses a health and fire safety risk ?Inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for handling toxic materials, such as metal cutting fluids. Skin is exposed directly to these toxins and there are no ventilator masks ?Locked safety exits. There is no means of rapid egress if there is a fire or explosion. ?Workers have not participated in fire drills in the past year ?A lack of safety training for workers ? Dumping of industrial fluids and waste into groundwater and nearby rivers ?Many student workers (16-18 years old) are employed in the same positions as adults, 10+ hour days ?Excessive hours for all workers, including student interns ?Forced overtime. Workers are not allowed to turn down requests they work overtime An estimated 6 hours of unpaid overtime per worker per month (Roughly $290,000 in owed wages for all employees) ?Hiring discrimination based on age and presence of tattoos ?A grievance process that retaliates against workers for raising valid workplace issues Green America and CLW called on Apple to do what is necessary to ensure that workers making Apple products are treated according to law and Apple?s own social responsibility commitments.
China Labor Watch:iPhone and iPad Supplier Exploits and Endangers Safety of 20,000 Workers (4 September 2014)
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