{"id":8055,"date":"2006-06-13T21:03:32","date_gmt":"2006-06-14T04:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/06\/13\/inside-apples-ipod-factories-macworld-updated\/"},"modified":"2006-06-13T21:03:32","modified_gmt":"2006-06-14T04:03:32","slug":"inside-apples-ipod-factories-macworld-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/06\/inside-apples-ipod-factories-macworld-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Apple’s iPod factories – Macworld (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nFrom Macworld.co.uk:\n<\/p>\n

\nApple’s iPods<\/a> are made by mainly female workers who earn as little as \u00ac\u00a327 per month, according to a report in the Mail on Sunday yesterday.<\/p>\n

The report, ‘iPod City’, isn’t available online. It offers photographs taken from inside the factories that make Apple music players, situated in China and owned by Foxconn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Mail visited some of these factories and spoke with staff there. It reports that Foxconn’s Longhua plant houses 200,000 workers, remarking: “This iPod City has a population bigger than Newcastle’s.”<\/p>\n

The report claims Longhua’s workers live in dormitories that house 100 people, and that visitors from the outside world are not permitted. Workers toil for 15-hours a day to make the iconic music player, the report claims. They earn \u00ac\u00a327 per month. The report reveals that the iPod nano is made in a five-storey factory (E3) that is secured by police officers. [Full text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nUPDATE: See also “iPod ‘slave’ claims investigated<\/a>” from the BBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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