Apple 'failing to protect Chinese factory workers'
18 December 2014
Richard Bilton reports from Shanghai: ''An exhausted
workforce''
فوق استثمار وحشیانه کمپانی اپل -بخصوص در چین-دیگر بر همگان آشکار میباشد.18-14 ساعت در روز کار کردن ,خوابیدن در نزدیکی های محل کار و نداشتن استراحت کافی باعث بروز مریضیهای دهشتناک, منجمله سرطانهای کشنده ,گردیده . اینست"دستاورد" جانیان سرمایه دار !! باشد که با همبستگی و مبارزات سهمگین در کنار زحمتکشان چینی بتوانیم مشت محکمی بر پوزه سرمایه داری زده و در همین راستا به نابودیش همت ورزیم.
زنده باد مبارزه طبقاتی-مرگ بر سرمایه داری
زنده باد آنارشی: نه سرمایه -نه دولت- نه خدا
پیمان پایدار
زنده باد مبارزه طبقاتی-مرگ بر سرمایه داری
زنده باد آنارشی: نه سرمایه -نه دولت- نه خدا
پیمان پایدار
Poor treatment of workers in Chinese
factories which make Apple products has been discovered by an undercover BBC
Panorama investigation.
Filming on an iPhone 6 production line showed Apple's promises to protect
workers were routinely broken.
It found standards on workers' hours, ID cards, dormitories, work meetings
and juvenile workers were being breached at the Pegatron factories.
Apple said it strongly disagreed with the programme's conclusions.
Exhausted workers were filmed falling asleep on their 12-hour shifts at the
Pegatron factories on the outskirts of Shanghai.
One undercover reporter, working in a factory making parts for Apple
computers, had to work 18 days in a row despite repeated requests for a day
off.
Another reporter, whose longest shift was 16 hours, said: "Every time I got
back to the dormitories, I wouldn't want to move.
"Even if I was hungry I wouldn't want to get up to eat. I just wanted to lie
down and rest. I was unable to sleep at night because of the stress."
'Continuous improvement'
Apple declined to be interviewed for the programme, but said in a statement:
"We are aware of no other company doing as much as Apple to ensure fair and safe
working conditions.
"We work with suppliers to address shortfalls, and we see continuous and
significant improvement, but we know our work is never done."
Apple said it was a very common practice for workers to nap during breaks,
but it would investigate any evidence they were falling asleep while
working.
It said it monitored the working hours of more than a million workers and
that staff at Pegatron were averaging 55 hours a week.
Find out more
Watch Panorama: Apple's Broken Promises on BBC One on 18 December at 21:00
GMT or later on the BBC iPlayer.
The poor conditions in Chinese factories were
highlighted in 2010 when 14 workers killed themselves at Apple's biggest
supplier, Foxconn.
Following the suicides, Apple published a set of standards spelling out how
factory workers should be treated. It also moved some of its production work to
Pegatron's factories on the outskirts of Shanghai.
But Panorama's undercover reporters found that these standards were routinely
breached on the factory floor.
Overtime is supposed to be voluntary, but none of the reporters were offered
any choice. In addition to the excessive hours, one reporter had to attend
unpaid meetings before and after work. Another reporter was housed in a
dormitory where 12 workers shared a cramped room.
Apple says the dormitory overcrowding has now been resolved and that it
requires suppliers to retroactively pay workers if it finds they haven't been
paid for work meetings.
Pegatron said it was carefully investigating Panorama's claims and would take
all necessary action if any deficiencies were found at their facilities.
"Worker safety and well-being are our top priorities. We set very high
standards, conduct rigorous training for managers and workers, and have external
auditors regularly visiting our facilities to find areas for improvement," a
statement said.
Dangerous conditions
Panorama also travelled further down Apple's supply chain to the Indonesian
island of Bangka.
Apple says it is dedicated to the ethical sourcing of minerals, but the
programme found evidence that tin from illegal mines could be entering its
supply chain.
It found children digging tin ore out by hand in extremely dangerous
conditions - miners can be buried alive when the walls of sand or mud
collapse.
Rainto, 12, said he was worried about
landslides
Twelve-year-old Rianto was working with his dad at the bottom of a 70-foot
cliff of sand. He said: "I worry about landslides. The earth slipping from up
there to the bottom. It could happen."
Panorama tracked down a gang who collect tin from the area where Rianto was
working. One of them said they sold tin to a smelter on Apple's list of
suppliers.
Johan Murod, who runs one of the smelters on Apple's list, said 70% of the
tin that is exported comes from the small-scale mines.
"At the smelter there's everything from both large and small scale mines.
It's all mixed. There's no way to know what is legal and what is illegal."
Apple says it is a complex situation on Bangka with tens of thousands of
miners selling tin through many middle men.
"The simplest course of action would be for Apple to unilaterally refuse any
tin from Indonesian mines. That would be easy for us to do and would certainly
shield us from criticism.
"But that would also be the lazy and cowardly path, since it would do nothing
to improve the situation. We have chosen to stay engaged and attempt to drive
changes on the ground."
Watch Panorama: Apple's Broken Promises on BBC One on
18 December at 21:00 GMT or watch later on BBC iPlayer.
No comments:
Post a Comment