China uses students as forced labor to build iphone5

[3v0]

Seen this on msn but you need a login there.
https://now.msn.com/the-iphone-5-manufactured-in-plant-staffed-by-forced-student-labor

Problem: The Foxconn plant that manufactures the iPhone doesn't have enough employees to finish the much-anticipated iPhone 5 on schedule. Solution: Get a few colleges to "suspend" classes for a couple of months and bus their students in for mandatory "internships" on the assembly line. Students in east China say they've been forced to work at the plant for the last month or more, six days a week, 12 hours a day, all for a paltry $243.97 a month, much of which was spent on their own food and lodging. Hope they earn a whole semester's worth of credits for their work — plus maybe a free iPhone.

 

[DerStrom8]

That's unbelievable! Thanks for posting 3v0--now I know to never buy an iPhone5. I will not support this sort of "business".

 

[3v0]

It seems China is desperate to remain the center for cheap manufacturing.

 

[jpanhalt]

It is not just Apple. Remember the high suicide rate that was reported at Foxconn?

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/27suicide.html?pagewanted=all

The solution for inhuman working conditions was not to address the conditions, but to put up nets to catch those who jumped:

And perhaps in a sign of desperation, the company said it had even begun putting safety nets up on factory buildings to deter suicide attempts.

While Apple and Foxconn make the news, the bigger concern should look at the underlying factors, like forced labor, that make such conditions the norm in China.

John

 

[szhighstar]

Actually it is seldom case in China, price in China is becoming higher and higher now.