Apple Labor Issues PR Miseries

Apple Labor Issues PR Miseries

Hamburg - Shortly after the launch of Apple's new iPhone largest supplier Foxconn has once again announced factionalism in a Chinese factory. The world's largest contract manufacturer of electrical parts, announced on Saturday, a few days ago there had been at the site Zhengzhou in central China to two minor conflicts. Details of a workers' rights group, after which there was a strike end of the week, the group designated based in Taiwan to be inaccurate. "There was no interruption in the work or other Foxconn factory, and the production went as planned," according to the statement.

The company was responding to a report of the New York-based group China Labour Watch. Accordingly, on Friday afternoon (local time) 3000 to 4000 workers went on strike at the site of anger about excessive quality controls and the requirement that they should work through the past holiday weekend. Spoke against Foxconn two "isolated incidents" as early as Monday and Tuesday. Then, the plant management had responded immediately, for example by additional staff had been provided. The company further claimed that the employees working on the holidays, and would have done so voluntarily to receive in accordance with the statutory requirements three times the normal hourly rate. Recently, there was another Chinese Foxconn factory workers in a dormitory to a mass brawl come. Production there then rested for a day. For Apple these riots come at a delicate time. The U.S. company must brace for the iPhone 5's biggest delivery action. According to experts, the technology giant is struggling significantly, for the coveted smartphone in time to get into the stores.

Foxconn was in the past several times, owing to the working conditions in the criticism. Negative headlines were mainly achieved by several employee suicides. After strong protests said Apple and Foxconn to later, to improve working conditions. The Fair Labor Association (FLA) attested Foxconn last progress, but warned of further efforts..

Apple there are allegations of exploitation and, as we know from a few hours , it starts an unprecedented initiative. It's worth reading the statement released today by Apple in this regard. It's a bit 'long and in a tone more than favorable for the company (of course in a press release) but it is also quite atypical. Why not just say what is done from here on out in favor of Chinese workers, but also claims that with some pride that since 2006 has already been done.

The reason for Apple and Foxconn to pay special attention to the conditions of work and life, as well as over-fulfillment of excessive working hours in factories is the story and the investigation of journalist Mike Daisy, which was published in several editions of New York Times. Apple also introduced a report which highlighted a number of violations at Foxconn and other factories of its partners. And later published the results of a third-party research, which were used for subsequent tests. After negative public comment, Foxconn promised to reduce ...