Amazon blamed of poor working conditions in Foxconn-owned factory
In a report spanning a nine month investigation, Amazon has been accused of a few wrongdoings concerning assembly workers.
The report has found that workers in a Foxconn-owned factory that assembles Kindle's and Echo speakers are overworked and underpaid.
According to watchdog firm China Labor Watch the workers at the facility in Hengyang work over 100 hours of overtime a month, despite the state-permitted 36 hours and receive just 8 hours of training when law states that at least 24 hours are required.
Workers are also reportedly hit with payment deductions for taking unexcused absences.
Amazon has made an official statement that it has completed an audit of the Hengyang facility in March of 2018 that had identified two issues of concern and that it has contacted Foxconn immediately to address the issues.
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I am sad for this: "That means there will be a job loss of around 500,000 - 1,200,000 people"
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Man to be exaxct at Shen Zen china largest Foxconn factory in the world where apple phones are made people earn 0,20-0,25 eurocents a day and shift managers get from 0,70 to 1 euro a day. And people here works 16-20 hours a day 7 days a weekn with a ...
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