Friday, August 16, 2013

The iPad almost killed her - Gazette

At about eight in the morning on March 17, 2010, Tian Yu dropped herself from the fourth floor of the residence staff’s plant in Shenzhen in southern China. Throughout the previous month, these teens worked in the production of cut to two iPhone and iPad belonging to Apple. This is what he is doing about 400 thousand employees in Longhua facility subsidiary of Vukscom Company: the production of smart phones and tablet devices sold by the companies Samsung and Sony, Dell, and end up in the British and American homes.
But most of all this the largest factory in China produces devices for Apple, there is no doubt that the Cupertino giant’s profits will drop a lot of current without fitted first. In 2010, Longhua staff prepared the iPhone 137 thousand per day, or a bout 90 minutes into the device.
In that same year, 18 workers tried to, does not exceed the age of the oldest twenty-fifth suicide in installations Vukscom, ???? 14 of them died. But Tian Yu was luckier: After having spent 12 days in a coma, woke up to the pain of fractures in her spine and Urkiha, which caused her bust paralysis. Was then seventeen years old.
When news spread this wave of suicides, reporters were quick to identify their causes within the Apple supply plants. ????? Photos about safety nets distributed under the windows of staff residences. As well as interviews with workers revealed how bad the conditions in which they live and work. Some even played down the importance of suicides in Vukscom, on the grounds it is compatible with high rates of suicide in China. It is true that this argument may tolerate some pronouns in Shenzhen and California, but they overlook the fact that commit suicide are usually the elderly or women in the villages, not y oung men had just moved to the cities in search of wealth and prosperity.
Throughout the last three years, the debate revolved around this point. But by talking about corporate social responsibility and counter-claims of activists that the producers of the devices iPad
And the iPhone still toil in {} hard labor camps, rarely heard of working really Vukscom the talking at length and freely. And rarely see what the views of workers, such as Tian Yu.

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Suit yo this description accurately. In February 2010, she left her village in central China to earn more money to support the poor family. And a gift on her departure, her father gave her 500 yen (about £ 50) and a cellular device using to relate its people in the village. After the cut distance of 1126 kilometers, and reached Vukscom. Exhorts employees in the company brochure: {hurried to achieve the most beautiful dreams, live the life of an amazing}.
But u did not disturb her daily routine amazing. Begins work shifts managers asking workers: {How are you?}. Vigibonh forced: {our affairs good! Very good! Very, very good!}. And then are forced to remain silent.
Had been working more than 12 hours a day, six days a week. Also forced to attend the meetings of the work early in the morning without being paid for it. And was forced to miss meals to work extra hours. Moreover, the dates were going to the bathroom a specific and limited. The worker made a mistake, beat him in charge of shouting. In spite of this, did not undergo any training that such staff.
During the first months, Yu was forced to work two weeks continuously without any day off. See foreign correspondents who visit the Longhua huge swimming pools and shops. However, Yu was exhausted but did not want to sleep. Was shuttling between work shifts during the day and night, sleeping in the house includes eight othe r people did not even know their name.
As a result, I found U itself stuck in a city far away from her family and incapable of making new friends or even sleep comfortably at night. In the end, collapsed when her employers refused to pay the reward month because of an administrative error. Vtmketha gloom and threw herself out of the window. The company owes about £ 149 basic pay and overtime allowance, which is equivalent to a quarter of the price of the iPhone 5 new.

Prompted a wave of suicides director of Apple Tim Cook to urged Vukscom to improve working conditions. But do not indicate any reports to surrender money to achieve this goal, or even seeking to alleviate the unfair contract terms restrictions on Vukscom. When we asked Apple’s media office about the matter, assured us that he does not discuss threads ?????? similar to the report of the {} supply companies responsibility issued recently by the company. Begins booklet enamel Title {What do we do to empower workers}, and then talk about that workers can follow their lessons and gain certification.
After the suicide attempt, she received a U «humanitarian aid» amounted to 180 thousand yen (18 million pounds) to help them to return to her home . Tells her father: «We felt as if they were buying or selling a commodity.gif “border =” 0 “height =” 1 “width =” 1 “/>

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