Without any single day off, labors are working with overtime in huge crowd ,standing for a long period of hours without any rest.This occurred in Foxconn industrial park , Shenzhen in China,these are the lives of 1,20000 employees of Apple manufacture centers in China.Most of the employees have to clean the screen of the i phone for long 10 hours at a time,they do the overtime of 80 hours per month.Some of them do 24 hours work and others are forced to stand a while for there shift.About 140 employees were injured while using poisonous chemical for cleaning the screen of the i Phones and several have died before 2 years because of the explosion in factory.18 employees have killed themselves.The most crucial factor is that £180 is the salary they have been paid each month,it take about 2 or three months to buy the cheap rate i phone for them.17 year old girl get suicide after her first month in Foxconn.
” Foxconn” the single largest private factory in China which manufactures motherboard, various camera components and other electronic devices.The company is restricted the workers to talk with any medias or it must have punishment according to there law.Workers are told to Obey or Leave from the Company.Last year they sold 93 million i phones,40 million i pads,38 million i pods and 17 million computers.They use women as men and men as machines.The company says that they not yet been seen these types of problems till 20 years.They have checked the records and there is no link between suicide and the working condition.When medias contacted Apple they says suppliers have safe working condition and they serve with respect and dignity.To avoid these type of workers stress and other problems they brought councilors,24 hours counselling service,stress rooms for workers.As they modified the rules ,it prevented more than 30 suicide cases past month.It was a never done or known before public apology by company chairman.But he admits that there are severe problems , lack of recreational facilities in campus.A reporter said that Apple is again breaking the promises made after Foxconn 2010.The management style of this factory is brutal and much abusive.Child labor is been taking place there.The protest was held at Apple store in US on June 17 of 2010 carrying a placard reading “Workers want justice”.
The Chairman of the Foxconn reported on May 24 ,2014 that after 2010 we have changed the situation of whole company rule and we will we able to stabilize this situation,they increased wages,installed suicide prevention netting,they used to conduct prayer sessions,asked the employees to no-suicide pledges,workers were forced to sign legally that they will not bring an action against company as a result of unexpected death.
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