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AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION into conditions the factories of Apple’s primary supplier of iPhones and iPads has found “significant issues” with working practices.
The probe reported a large number of accidents at three factories operated by Chinese firm Foxconn, which hit headlines after an explosion killed two workers last year.
Conditions have improved since the blast apparently caused by aluminium dust, the report by the Fair Labor Association said. However, 43 per cent of employees still said they had either experienced or witnessed an accident.
There was also evidence suggesting that a minority of workers were not being paid fairly for overtime. Meanwhile, some 64 per cent of employees said their wages did not cover their “basic needs”.
The report raised concerns over extremely long working hours. Some employees worked more than seven days in a row without a day off, while all three factories had staff working more than 60 hours per week. Worker unions were found to be dominated by representatives of management.
The investigation covered more than 35,000 workers at the three factories.
“The Fair Labor Association gave Apple’s largest supplier the equivalent of a full-body scan,” its CEO Auret van Heerden said, adding that the FLA had requested a number of changes in working practices.
Apple and its supplier Foxconn have agreed to our prescriptions, and we will verify progress and report publicly.
Foxconn have committed to reducing overtime and protecting workers’ pay, the FLA said. The company has also said it will record all accidents in which workers are injured, and pay out retrospectively for overtime accrued by workers.
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Can you just imagine what the cross examination will be like?
They’ll be crucified by the barrister…
They’ll probably get nailed for it though…
They haven’t a prayer.
The French government should just cover it up by moving them around from parish to parish and let them keep stealing for the next decade or two.
These people make me very cross.
Holy shite
Headcases
Straight to hell for that!
Straight to Atheist heaven.
Stealing the innocence of a child and traumatising a child could be perceived as a much worse crime than stealing a few church artefacts of a superstitious nature.
Those crucifixes must be handy for constipation,
Catholicism really is gone down the jacks
One would need to be mentally unstable to actually steal that creepy crap and take it home!
Or sell it at Knock for a hefty profit. Wait a minute…
Here come the red thumbs! Sinead, was that you?!
Its almost as if no one has ever contemplated ripping off gullible religious fools.
I’d say that’s probably the case, John.
Seems a bit strange for someone with anti-Church views to go around stealing things and even more strange to hole such views and live with someone newly baptised.
The priest here reminds me of Father Dowling Mysteries.
Method actors for the upcoming les miserables
Jesus Christ!!!
Father Dowling solves another mystery!
Where’s Onan and the rest of the god botherers on an article like this?
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