Zalatix
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It is impossible to have foreign outsourcing unless you have working conditions like this in the country where you're sending jobs to.
Fixing the problems pointed out below means raising the cost of production and thus the cost of their cheap exports. Preventing fires like the one that killed those workers in Bangladesh means raising the cost of goods.
Human rights for workers abroad means more expensive imports for Americans and Conservatives hate that on a cellular level. Capitalism inherently pushes for the cheapest labor even at the expense of human health and life. The only way you have safe workplaces is with government intervention... aka "socialism".
Which is funny, since you never see Conservatives rushing to flee from American workplaces, which fall under the evil OSHA. And most Conservatives, like people in general, are not rich.
Pictures From Inside Apple's Chinese iPhone Factories - Business Insider
Apple said today that it will, once again, audit working conditions inside the Pegatron factories in China that it uses to assemble iPhones, iMacs and the new, upcoming cheap iPhone, the iPhone 5C.
The statement came after China Labor Watch produced a detailed report and a video of working conditions inside some of Apple's Chinese factories.
The video shows work rules that ban tattoos, died hair, short people and certain ethnic groups from the factories.
It also shows exhausted workers sleeping on the floor, using buckets to wash in, squalid communal showers rigged in parking garages, and a disgusting, unclean urinal.
The film also shows that Apple's contract workers are all very young — CLW alleges there is a ban on workers over 35. You can read the full CLW report here. What follows are photos from the accompanying YouTube video, taken undercover inside Apple's China facilities...
Fixing the problems pointed out below means raising the cost of production and thus the cost of their cheap exports. Preventing fires like the one that killed those workers in Bangladesh means raising the cost of goods.
Human rights for workers abroad means more expensive imports for Americans and Conservatives hate that on a cellular level. Capitalism inherently pushes for the cheapest labor even at the expense of human health and life. The only way you have safe workplaces is with government intervention... aka "socialism".
Which is funny, since you never see Conservatives rushing to flee from American workplaces, which fall under the evil OSHA. And most Conservatives, like people in general, are not rich.
Pictures From Inside Apple's Chinese iPhone Factories - Business Insider
Apple said today that it will, once again, audit working conditions inside the Pegatron factories in China that it uses to assemble iPhones, iMacs and the new, upcoming cheap iPhone, the iPhone 5C.
The statement came after China Labor Watch produced a detailed report and a video of working conditions inside some of Apple's Chinese factories.
The video shows work rules that ban tattoos, died hair, short people and certain ethnic groups from the factories.
It also shows exhausted workers sleeping on the floor, using buckets to wash in, squalid communal showers rigged in parking garages, and a disgusting, unclean urinal.
The film also shows that Apple's contract workers are all very young — CLW alleges there is a ban on workers over 35. You can read the full CLW report here. What follows are photos from the accompanying YouTube video, taken undercover inside Apple's China facilities...