Morning I presented you some images from a documentary that was shown last night on American television and in which the good situation of Foxconn employees who assemble iDevices was presented. Those from ABC News were in China and found no irregularities in the inspections carried out in the Apple factories, but the reality is a little different. According to a representative of an international NGO, Foxconn hid the underage employees when the Fair Labor Association inspections took place. Apple allows the Foxconn company to hire minors between the ages of 16 and 18, but this must be done legally and they must be given special protection within the factories. During the inspections, Foxconn would have chosen not to bring the minors to work, hiding them in the campus dormitories.
All underage workers, between 16-17 years old, were not assigned any overtime work and some of them were even sent to other departments. All underage workers, between 16-17 years old, were not assigned any overtime work and some of them were even sent to other departments.
The representative of the NGO claims that the employees believe that Apple is not interested in their safety and that company representatives are present in the Foxconn factories, but they do not correct the irregularities that occur. The representative of the NGO tried to take documents regarding the situation of Foxconn employees even to the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, but she was stopped by the security people who did not let her enter the company. In conclusion, we will never know what is really happening in the Foxconn factories in China and Apple will not try hard to solve the problems there.
Most of the time, the workers are aware of the presence of Apple's representatives inside the factories. It is not the problem that Apple doesn't know the real problems at their suppliers. They know, but it's only because they don't care. Chan said she had yet to receive a reply from Apple after more than two years of trying to contact the company. She even visited Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters in an attempt to deliver reports, documentaries and petition cards to the company, but, according to her, the receptionist refused to receive SACOM's materials.
