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English 12A
Economics 12A
November 17, 2014
Apples Working Conditions
Apple, the largest known electronic company in today’s present day that has revolutionized technology making up to $626.52 billion. Apple is also paired and partners with big electronic making companies such as Foxconn. Foxconn, the largest electronic contractor manufacturer in china, to make production in China for apple electronics. With new technology coming out such as the new IPad minis, new Laptops, and IPhone 6, Apples’ employees have more work and the working environment becomes horrible when it comes to being inside the labor factories. Apple should improve their working conditions with their contractors for their employees. Apple, paired with Foxconn, …show more content…
In the article “Foxconn Workers Unhappy Labor Laws Now Implemented”, in a report he says workers have been working less hour due to the China labor Watch constantly sending investigators over and over and seeing major hour’s violations by employees, so now, hours has been dropped lower than the usual 60 hours. The report says that employees have been working less than usual but the stats from the help of the Fairs Labor Association but the wages are way to low. With apple’s decrease in workweek hours and low wages, make it more badly for the employees to maintain a standard living. The workers need to have a higher wage to keep their standard living levels at a good constant rate. According to the FLA, from Jay Greene’s article “"Riots, Suicides, and Other Issues in Foxconn's IPhone Factories” Jay mentions that the Fairs Labor Association said “We track working hours weekly for over 700,000 workers and currently have 97% percent compliance with the 60-hour maximum workweek specified in our code conduct”. The Fairs Labor Association said that they monitor the working hours of many employees and they now each work 60 hours again but there wages are low. In the article “Foxconn lifts wages for workers 25% as Apple lets ABC News into plants” Arthur Charles says “Apple …show more content…
In the article “Apple chastised for unsafe working conditions in supplier factory”, reporters from CNET say that apple has vowed to try their best to improve working conditions, the excessive hours and overtime, and the low wages employees receive. With Apple slowly getting the messages of how they should improve their conditions to a positive state rather than a negative state, it’ll soon start benefiting the employees when they work around their working spaces and areas. Thanks to the Fair Labor Association, Apple is now required to keep updated information on their website of their working conditions, their hourly rates over time and work weekly, and their wages they give employees from the Foxconn factories when job duties are up and running, according to Courtenay Palis, from the article “Apple Publishes Data on Foxconn Working Conditions”. Apple now keeps data up on the website “Apple.com/Supplier” that show’s all their progress of their employees, their working conditions and their hour shifts. Here is a graph of the working hours in the past months in 2013 that have passed by from the website
English 12A
Economics 12A
November 17, 2014
Apples Working Conditions
Apple, the largest known electronic company in today’s present day that has revolutionized technology making up to $626.52 billion. Apple is also paired and partners with big electronic making companies such as Foxconn. Foxconn, the largest electronic contractor manufacturer in china, to make production in China for apple electronics. With new technology coming out such as the new IPad minis, new Laptops, and IPhone 6, Apples’ employees have more work and the working environment becomes horrible when it comes to being inside the labor factories. Apple should improve their working conditions with their contractors for their employees. Apple, paired with Foxconn, …show more content…
In the article “Foxconn Workers Unhappy Labor Laws Now Implemented”, in a report he says workers have been working less hour due to the China labor Watch constantly sending investigators over and over and seeing major hour’s violations by employees, so now, hours has been dropped lower than the usual 60 hours. The report says that employees have been working less than usual but the stats from the help of the Fairs Labor Association but the wages are way to low. With apple’s decrease in workweek hours and low wages, make it more badly for the employees to maintain a standard living. The workers need to have a higher wage to keep their standard living levels at a good constant rate. According to the FLA, from Jay Greene’s article “"Riots, Suicides, and Other Issues in Foxconn's IPhone Factories” Jay mentions that the Fairs Labor Association said “We track working hours weekly for over 700,000 workers and currently have 97% percent compliance with the 60-hour maximum workweek specified in our code conduct”. The Fairs Labor Association said that they monitor the working hours of many employees and they now each work 60 hours again but there wages are low. In the article “Foxconn lifts wages for workers 25% as Apple lets ABC News into plants” Arthur Charles says “Apple …show more content…
In the article “Apple chastised for unsafe working conditions in supplier factory”, reporters from CNET say that apple has vowed to try their best to improve working conditions, the excessive hours and overtime, and the low wages employees receive. With Apple slowly getting the messages of how they should improve their conditions to a positive state rather than a negative state, it’ll soon start benefiting the employees when they work around their working spaces and areas. Thanks to the Fair Labor Association, Apple is now required to keep updated information on their website of their working conditions, their hourly rates over time and work weekly, and their wages they give employees from the Foxconn factories when job duties are up and running, according to Courtenay Palis, from the article “Apple Publishes Data on Foxconn Working Conditions”. Apple now keeps data up on the website “Apple.com/Supplier” that show’s all their progress of their employees, their working conditions and their hour shifts. Here is a graph of the working hours in the past months in 2013 that have passed by from the website