Well, maybe not exactly slave labor in its strictest definition, but Apple has finally admitted to breaking Chinese labor laws.
About a month ago stories started surfacing about what people were calling an “iPod city”. A place where workers slept, ate and worked (and from the admission of guilt, they didn’t do it in that order). This was their home, not just some building they came to work at every morning. Apple denied all claims as bogus and without warrant. Until yesterday…
…Ooooh, that sweat-shop. I thought you were talking about the other one. Our bad.
Yes, apparently the company that paints a picture of itself as the God-child of the tech industry is also the slave-master that forces Chinese workers to put in an extra 80 hours of work every month.
Let’s put it this way, if you can cause an uproar by breaking Chinese labor laws, which may as well be non-existent, you’re really saying something. The Inquirer says that workers can be forced to work 36 extra hours without any second thoughts, but this is absurd.
What was their response to this accusation? “We pay our workers by the minimum wage laws of the country.” Oh, well hell, if that’s the case you should be able to work them 100 hours extra. Damn Chinese slaves always wanting their cake and be able to eat it too.
I hope Apple gets the crap sued out of it and then, I hope that all iPod production is stopped until every plant can be inspected. Next, force them to close all foreign plants and bring the entire process to the states.
So when should I expect to see the next Apple vs. PC commercial for this little mis-step Steve?
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