Assembling the iPhone and the iPad - still "sweatshops"

Corporation Apple, has repeatedly been criticized for poor working conditions in factories in China, failed to improve the situation of workers collecting iPhone and iPad. This is the conclusion of British journalists publication The Guardian, which published a detailed account of the lives of employees of factories Foxconn.

 

In the course of inspections by observers found that bullying, physical exhaustion and violation of labor rights are the norm for hundreds of thousands of collectors iPhone. This is despite the fact that Apple has doubled its efforts to improve their working conditions.

According to the newspaper, interviews with 170 employees Foxconn in Shenzhen and Zhengzhou have confirmed that the penalties are the basic tools of management plants Foxconn. The report, prepared by human rights group "Students and scholars against corporate violations," says the workers tenth largest employer in the world makes cleaning toilets, sweeping lawns and write "letters of repentance," which are then placed on a bulletin board, or read their colleagues.

Living conditions in hostels Foxconn are terrible. In the two-bedroom living rooms of 20 to 30 people. They were forbidden under pain of confiscation of using energy efficient electrical appliances such as kettles and laptops.

Among the improvements in human rights defenders noted that some collectors have provided chairs. Previously, most of them had to work standing up. But even the workers are allowed to sit on the edge of his chair, so they do not "relax" and did their job well.

The report also indicates a high level of trauma workers in the factories. Another problem - the 12-hour working day, and even more. In an interview, chief executive of Apple, Tim Cook has assured that the company is taking measures to reduce the number of working hours. A company spokeswoman repeated earlier statements that Apple cares about each of its employees worldwide. However, as the newspaper writes, the efforts of one of the most popular brands of the world have not yielded tangible results.