Article 38KY5 Apple under fire over reports students worked illegal overtime to build iPhone X

Apple under fire over reports students worked illegal overtime to build iPhone X

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Alex Hern
from Technology | The Guardian on (#38KY5)

Manufacturing partner Foxconn had student interns working 11-hour days to make 999 iPhone

Apple has been accused of relying on students working illegal overtime to build the iPhone X, through its contractor Foxconn, which manufactures the devices in Zhengzhou, China.

According to the Financial Times, students working at the Foxconn plant, as part of a three month "work experience" placement, were routinely working 11-hour days assembling the newest phone, breaking Chinese overtime laws in the process.

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