Apple's New iPhone Built With Illegal Overtime Teen Labor

[DEAD7]

A group of 3,000 students from the Zhengzhou Urban Rail Transit School were sent to work at the local facility run by Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn, as part of a three-month stint that was billed as "work experience," and required to graduate, the Financial Times reported. Six of the students told the FT they routinely worked 11-hour days assembling Apple's flagship smartphone, which constitutes illegal overtime for student interns under Chinese law. Apple said an audit did find instances of student interns working overtime, adding that they were employed voluntarily, were compensated and provided benefits, but that they shouldn't have been allowed to work overtime.

Apple Finds Foxconn Interns Worked Illegal Overtime on iPhone X

 

[the cac mamba]

such a disgusting company :scustrump:

 

[winb83]

One of those poor kids probably built mine. They did a damn good job.

 

[88m3]

What's the problem?

Why is this newsworthy?

 

[Pressure]

Free Market.

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

Post this in the locker room

 

[MenacingMonk]

Is anyone surprised?

 

[ESCAPADE]

This isn't anything new and you guys will continue to buy it

 

[Tony D'Amato]

I assumed all of em were built that way

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

"overtime teen labor" sounds like one of those bespoke porn videos

 

[Jhoon]

I thought they were made by toddlers.

I assumed all of em were built that way

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

Statement from Apple:

"Recently we have become aware of reports that an Apple subcontractor employed teenage workers for shifts longer than is permitted by various labor laws. Apple will no longer knowingly utilize slave, did we say slave? We meant voluntarily involuntary laborer units. Workers have been hired to replace the teenage laborer units. As labor costs will necessarily increase, effective immediately, all new iPhone orders will incur a $150 labor utilization recapture fee."

 

[winb83]

Statement from Apple:

"Recently we have become aware of reports that an Apple subcontractor employed teenage workers for shifts longer than is permitted by various labor laws. Apple will no longer knowingly utilize slave, did we say slave? We meant voluntarily involuntary laborer units. Workers have been hired to replace the teenage laborer units. As labor costs will necessarily increase, effective immediately, all new iPhone orders will incur a $150 labor utilization recapture fee."

They all use borderline slave labor in China. It's laughable to call out Apple for it when the entire industry and most consumer electronic products in general do it.

 

[Breh13]

A way of life.