An American journalist was granted permission to film the production line of iPad. Let's see how to build the world's most popular tablet
Want to see how to build iPad? Journalist Most Schmitz, who works for the American radio program Marketplace, received a rare glimpse into Apple's factory in Shenzhen, and took off the assembly line (radio programs have YouTube channels) of the device.Schmitz presents not only the stages of production, but also the lives of employees.
Schmitz Foxconn came as part of the Apple programs - also revealed a series during the non-inaccuracies and lies the story of the dramatist Mike Daisy. Daisy, which made the headlines in recent months, visited the Apple factory workers' conditions in public when he bases his comments on the stories from his trip to China, Schmitz showed them stories exaggerated or false.
Apple and Foxconn manufacturer whose workers make up the iPad and iPhone, are under constant attack over allegations of problematic working conditions and violation of labor laws in factories in China. Arguments were heard on the background of the 18 suicide attempts Foxconn employees in January-November 2010. It should be noted that the number is lower than the average in China.
Just two weeks ago published an independent organization, Fair Labor Association, report on events Foxconn factories after interviewing 35 thousand employees. Report found that Foxconn employees working an average of 56 hours per week (legal limit - 49), half of respondents reported that they worked more than 11 days in a row, and 64 percent said salaries is not enough of their basic needs. At the same time, a third of workers said that they want to work even longer hours, and fear that the restrictions designed to protect them do not allow them to earn the amount of money they need.Remember that 99 percent of Foxconn factory workers are migrants from other parts of China, traveling in Shenzhen looking for work, and send some of their money to their families.
