29.07.2013 19:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple's manufacturing partner Pegatron under fire for working conditions

Last year, Apple's primary Chinese manufacturing partner Foxconn came under intense scrutiny for complaints about how factory workers were being treated. Now another partner, Pegatron, is facing similar charges of poor treatment of workers. An upcoming report from China Labor Watch outlined in the Wall Street Journal notes a number of claims against Pegatron: Pegatron allegedly withholds worker IDs so that Pegatron employees cannot choose to work elsewhere because they lack proper ID. Living conditions are supposedly poor, with "30-minute waits to enter their production facility, tight living quarters, and packed cafeterias." Workers are allegedly working over 60 hours per week,

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