Foxconn has always been strict when its comes to security and privacy. They rarely let press in their factories and keep everything to themselves for some reasons, Envoyé Spécial, a french TV show went undercover to take videos inside the factory and the environment inside was not impressive...
The journalists got into the Zhengzhou iPhone 5 factory to see if things were really improving at Foxconn. They took some clips inside the factory and..
As iDB states:
According to the report, many of the dorms you see in the second video are still under construction, and apparently have been for quite some time. They don’t have any elevators, electricity or running water, and employees still live in them.
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The journalists got into the Zhengzhou iPhone 5 factory to see if things were really improving at Foxconn. They took some clips inside the factory and..
As iDB states:
Unfortunately, judging by the footage in these three videos, they are not. The clips, especially the second one, actually paint a pretty bleak picture of the living and working conditions inside Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant.
According to the report, many of the dorms you see in the second video are still under construction, and apparently have been for quite some time. They don’t have any elevators, electricity or running water, and employees still live in them.
And the buildings that do have electricity are dangerous. It’s said that a Foxconn manager has warned employees not to plug devices into their dorm’s electrical outlets because eight workers were killed in a fire after circuits overloaded.
It gets worse. The reporters also met several student employees that, although were of age, were working at Foxconn against their wills. They said that school administrators threatened to take away their diplomas if they turned down the job.
The Envoyé Spécial reporters believe that a lot of these issues are a result of Foxconn trying to keep up with iPhone 5 demand. One employee told them that because the handset is so difficult to make, the company has to vigorously recruit in order to offset the turnover from frustrated workers.
In response to the report, Engadget reached out to both Apple and Foxconn for comment. Here’s what Apple said:
“Apple is committed to the highest standards of social responsibility across our worldwide supply chain. We insist that all of our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat workers with dignity and respect, and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes wherever our products are made.”
The conditions inside Foxconn are clearly not impressive, what do you think?
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