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Foxconn Denies Poor iPod Factory Conditions
Sunday, June 18th, 2006 at 3:00 PM - by Jeff Gamet
iPod nano and shuffle manufacturer, Foxconn, claims that reports of substandard working conditions in its factories are false. Earlier in June, an article in London's Mail on Sunday claimed that workers in the Chinese factories build iPods 15 hours a day for as little as US$24 a month.
According to DigiTimes, Foxconn spokesman, Edmund Ding, said that there are many discrepancies "between the truth and the claims in the report."
Mr. Ding pointed out that Foxconn includes about 160,000 employees worldwide - a big difference from the 200,000 the Mail on Sunday report says are housed in just the Longhua factory outside Shenzhen.
Foxconn asserts that it complies with the labor laws in China, and that the company provides safe dormitories for employees to live in. It also provides free laundry services, sports facilities, libraries, and more.
Apple Computer also responded to the poor working conditions claims and stated that it is conducting its own investigation.
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