¿Explotación laboral por Apple en China. Reportaje por CNN
Summary
TLDRThe script discusses the life of a migrant worker, Miss Chen, at Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer in China. Despite working over 60 hours a week assembling iPads, she has never seen a finished product. Foxconn, known for producing Apple's iconic devices, has faced criticism for its labor practices, including high turnover and poor working conditions, leading to a series of worker suicides in 2010. While the company claims to have improved conditions and worker welfare, with on-site medical services and better living conditions, Miss Chen and others still feel overworked and undervalued. Despite her dissatisfaction, she aspires to own an iPad someday.
Takeaways
- 📱 The script discusses the irony of a woman who works over 60 hours a week manufacturing iPads but has never seen a finished one.
- 🏭 The woman, referred to as Miss Chen, works for Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer for globally recognized brands, including Apple.
- 🤫 Miss Chen fears speaking to the media, as she believes it could lead to her losing her job due to Foxconn's strict policies against employees speaking to the press.
- 👥 Foxconn employs over a million workers, with the majority based in China, where they manufacture Apple's iconic products like iPads, iPods, and iPhones.
- 🔁 The script highlights high employee turnover at Foxconn, with workers being easily replaceable and discouraged from complaining about their conditions.
- 🆘 The company has faced controversies, including a series of worker suicides in 2010, which led to increased scrutiny and improvements in working conditions.
- 💼 Foxconn claims to provide fair treatment and protection of workers' rights, offering medical services and improved living conditions for its employees.
- 🤔 Despite Foxconn's claims, there are allegations of preferential treatment for executives and managers, while the majority of workers face a military-like culture with unpredictable work hours and strict management.
- 🗣️ Workers are reportedly not allowed to speak during rest periods and are discouraged from speaking out about their conditions, even outside the production area.
- 💭 Miss Chen expresses her desire to leave Foxconn and return to university, indicating a dissatisfaction with her current job and a desire for a different future.
- 💰 Miss Chen earns a low hourly wage and aspires to own an iPad one day, reflecting the contrast between her role in manufacturing the product and her personal ability to afford it.
Q & A
What is the main activity of the woman mentioned in the script?
-The woman, referred to as Señorita Chen, dedicates more than 60 hours per week to assembling screens for electronic devices, specifically iPads, at Foxconn.
Why has Señorita Chen never seen a finished iPad despite working on them?
-Señorita Chen has never seen a finished iPad because she works on assembling parts and does not have access to the final product during her work at Foxconn.
What is Foxconn known for in the context of the script?
-Foxconn is known for manufacturing electronic products such as iPads, iPods, and iPhones for globally renowned companies like Apple.
What is the main concern of the workers at Foxconn according to Señorita Chen?
-The main concern of the workers at Foxconn, as expressed by Señorita Chen, is the intense and dehumanizing work conditions where they are overworked and treated like machines.
What is the policy of Foxconn regarding employee interviews as mentioned in the script?
-According to the script, Foxconn has a policy that considers accepting interviews a criminal offense that will be investigated according to the law.
What recent incident at Foxconn's Wuhan plant is mentioned in the script?
-The script mentions a recent incident where workers at Foxconn's Wuhan plant threatened mass suicide, which was related to labor assignments and relocation policies, according to Microsoft.
How did Foxconn respond to the worker suicides in 2010?
-In response to the worker suicides in 2010, Foxconn improved conditions in its factories, increased salaries, and provided therapy to its employees.
What is Apple's stance on working with companies that do not respect their employees, as per the script?
-Apple's stance, as mentioned in the script, is that they ensure not to work with companies that do not respect their employees and that they care about the workers in all the companies they have a relationship with.
What are the worker rights groups' claims about Foxconn's treatment of employees?
-Worker rights groups claim that Foxconn favors certain privileged individuals like executives and managers, while the majority of workers face a military-like culture with unpredictable work hours, inadequate rest periods, and strict restrictions on talking in production areas.
What are Señorita Chen's future plans regarding her employment at Foxconn?
-Señorita Chen plans to leave her job at Foxconn soon to return to university and has no intention of returning to work there in the future.
Despite her negative experience, what does Señorita Chen say about owning an iPad?
-Despite her negative experience working at Foxconn, Señorita Chen expresses a desire to own an iPad someday if she has enough money.
Outlines
🏭 Life of an iPad Factory Worker at Foxconn
The video script introduces a woman who has never seen a finished iPad despite working over 60 hours a week assembling them. She is one of many migrant workers from rural China working at Foxconn, a company that manufactures electronics for globally renowned brands. The woman, referred to as Miss Chen to protect her identity, works at a factory in Shenzhen, where she installs screens on iPads. Foxconn has been in the news for high employee turnover, strict policies against speaking to the media, and past incidents of worker suicides. Despite improvements in working conditions following these events, workers still face long hours and a culture that some describe as dehumanizing. Miss Chen expresses her desire to leave the job and return to university, but she also expresses a personal interest in owning an iPad once she has enough money.
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Keywords
💡iPad
💡Migrant Workers
💡Foxconn
💡Working Conditions
💡Labor Rights
💡Suicide
💡Apple
💡Employee Turnover
💡Underpaid
💡Workplace Culture
💡Unions and Labor Groups
Highlights
A woman working over 60 hours a week to manufacture iPads has never seen a finished iPad.
Many workers, like her, are migrant laborers from rural China dedicating long hours to assembling electronic devices.
The woman, referred to as Miss Chen, is one of a million Foxconn employees, primarily in China, where she installs iPad screens.
Foxconn is known for manufacturing Apple's iPads, iPods, and iPhones, contributing to Apple's status as a commercial and cultural icon.
Miss Chen describes the work environment as treating women like men and men like machines.
The turnover rate at Foxconn is high, and complaining can lead to job loss.
There have been incidents of workers threatening mass suicide, prompting investigations into labor assignments and transfer policies.
In 2010, Foxconn made headlines due to over a dozen worker suicides, leading to improvements in factory conditions.
Foxconn claims to have increased salaries and provided therapy for employees, boasting of better working and living conditions than industry standards in China.
Apple has been criticized for doing business with companies outside the U.S. that may not respect employee rights.
Apple reassures that it does not work with companies that do not respect their employees and is concerned about workers' welfare.
Worker rights groups argue that Foxconn favors certain privileged employees, such as executives and managers, over the majority.
There are complaints about a military-like culture, unpredictable work hours, and harsh management practices.
Workers are not allowed to speak in the production area, and even outside, they are discouraged from talking about their conditions.
Miss Chen finds her work routine monotonous and feels like a 'kind of animal,' with work and sleep being her only activities.
Despite her negative experiences, Miss Chen aspires to own an iPad if she can afford it someday.
She plans to leave Foxconn and return to university, not wanting to work there after graduation.
Transcripts
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nunca hab visto un iPad aú cuando dedica
más de 60 horas por semana a
fabricarlos me
gusta ella como muchos trabajadores
migrantes de zonas Rurales chinas dedica
interminables horas a poner las
pantallas de los aparatos y no había
visto uno
terminado y otra novedad para ella es
este plato de comida en un restaurante
La primera vez desde que comenzó a
trabajar en foxcon una empresa que
fabrica electrónicos para empresas
mundialmente famosas muy interesante
esto es sin duda un cambio comparación
con la empresa donde ella trabaja duerme
y come ella no desea ser identificada la
llamaremos señorita Chen dice que si la
descubren hablando con nosotros va a
perder su
trabajo cuando recibimos el
entrenamiento para este trabajo nos
dijeron que el aceptar entrevistas es un
delito criminal que será investigado de
acuerdo con la ley realmente es algo
grave la señorita Chen es una del millón
de empleados de foxon en el mundo la
mayoría se encuentra en China ella
trabaja en una fábrica ubicada en shendu
en el oeste del país instala pantallas a
los ipads la empresa fabrica los ipads
ipods y iphones que han transformado
Apple en un icono comercial y cultural
pero aquí no hay y trabajadores Solo
nosotros trabajadores y la señorita Chen
dice que ellos hacen lo que foxcon les
indica ellos usan a las mujeres como
hombres y usan a los hombres como si
fueran máquinas otra forma de decirlo es
ellos usan a las mujeres como hombres y
a los hombres como animales
Esta es la entrada principal de foxcon
miles de trabajadores pasan por aquí
cada día pero no se queda mucho tiempo
nuestra trabajadora nos dice que la
rotación de personal es alta y que si
alguien se queja la empresa dice si no
te gusta puedes irte algunos han tomado
una opción más drástica hace algunas
semanas los trabajadores amenazaron con
realizar un suicidio masivo en una
planta de foxcon en wá donde se fabrican
productos de Microsoft Microsoft dijo en
un comunicado que realizaron una
investigación y que se trató de algo
relacionado con asignaciones laborales y
con las políticas de traslado pero no
con las condiciones laborales la empresa
destaca que trabajan para asegurarse que
los empleados sean tratados justamente
foxcon asegura que la disputa fue
resuelta pero en el 2010 la empresa se
convirtió en Noticia principal cuando
más de una decena de trabajadores se
suicidaron esto forzó a foxcon a mejorar
las condiciones en sus fábricas la
empresa también le dijo a CNN que
aumentó los salarios y proveyó terapia a
los empleados foxcon ahora se vanagloria
de que cuenta con servicio médico en el
lugar de empleo y que los trabajadores
viven en mejores condiciones de las
mejores que se ofrecen en China dice
Apple recientemente fue criticada por
hacer negocios con empresas fuera de
Estados Unidos la empresa Segura que no
trabaja con empresas que no respeten a
sus empleados en un correo electrónico
reciente Apple comunicó a sus empleados
que se preocupan por los trabajadores en
todas las compañías con las que
mantienen una
relación si se preocupan por nosotros no
lo s menos yo no recibo ese cuidado
especial Chen asegura ver las cosas de
otra manera mientras foxcon insiste en
que sus trabajadores son tratados
justamente y que sus derechos están
protegidos grupos prod derechos de los
trabajadores aseguran que la empresa
favorece a algunos privilegiados como
ejecutivos y gerentes para los cientos
de miles más la jornada tiene una
cultura militar jornadas de trabajo
impredecibles y a Merced de la gerencia
quejas de periodos de descanso
inadecuados y que ni siquiera se les
permite hablar en el área de producción
y según constatamos tampoco les entus
mucho hablar afuera tuvimos que
encontrarnos con la señorita Chen en
este restaurante es una salida inusual
para ella porque foxcon la mantiene
ocupada todo el
tiempo es tan aburrido que no puedo más
es como si cada día fuera a salir del
trabajo e ir a la cama por la mañana
levantarse e ir a trabajar se ha vuelto
mi rutina diaria y me siento casi como
si fuera una especie de
animal la suya es solo una historia pero
una historia que repiten otros empleados
inconformes con Fox
ella asura que dejará el trabajo pronto
para volver a la universidad y que no
desea regresar
aquí cuando me grad No quiero trabajar
para
foxcon pero piensa diferente sobre el
iPad me gusta quiero tener uno algún día
si tengo suficiente dinero suficiente
dinero por ahora ella gana menos de la
hora
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