Engadget have details stating that Foxconn have denied the claims of them running a sweatshop called "ipod city", where people work 15 hours days. Foxconn state that they pay the government required minimum wage. Apple say they will investigate the claims.
Did you see the program on BBC2 on Tuesday at 9pm about Women in China, some of the women worked 8am till 8pm in factories and weren't allowed to talk all day. Naturally they hated there jobs but had no choice but to work there in order to make enough money to live. The program stated that China has the highest suicide rate for women in the world. So perhaps even though companies do follow China's laws regarding labour, perhaps the laws aren't enough to prevent intolerable conditions?
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I did 7am-9pm shifts on one ward
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