Workers not paid legally by Amazon contractor in China
by Gethin Chamberlain from Technology | The Guardian on (#3RZQB)
US tech giant admits audit of Foxconn factory in Hengyang found irregularities
Amazon has admitted that thousands of agency workers who make its Echo smart speakers and Kindles in China were hired and paid illegally.
The US giant issued a statement regretting "issues of concern" following an investigation by the Observer and the US-based China Labor Watch into the "unethical and illegal" working conditions at its supplier factory in Hengyang.
Continue reading...