You’ve got to admire the audacity of the Chinese hucksters who were illegally importing iPads and iPhones across the border from Hong Kong, by way of a rope-and-pulley system, triggered by a crossbow and desire to make some cash.
Not only does Foxconn “categorically reject” last week’s shocking survey of 1736 employees who told of overtime, lack of promised pay rises and even violence, but they believe that their 937,000 employees work in a “safe and positive” environment.
It comes as no surprise that someone would want to leak the independently produced report on Foxconn’s treatment of its workers, but the contents are bloody appalling. Apparently 1736 workers were surveyed, with stories of overtime and even violence.
OK, so you’ll have to import it from dodgy Chinese site M8Cool, but surely a gamble with your credit card security is worth the slight chance of getting a working Palm Pre, running iPhone OS?
They’ve tried putting up safety nets, scrapping the suicide compensation and bringing in an external dorm management company, but nothing’s stopped the trickle of suicides at their factories. Now Foxconn thinks hiring more mature workers will solve their problems.
