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Apple 'routinely mistreats' workers in Chinese factories

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An undercover investigation has revealed that workers in Chinese factories that make Apple products are poorly treated.

Filming on an iPhone 6 production line by the BBC showed that Apple's promises to protect workers were "routinely broken," reported the BBC.

The report said that standards on workers' hours, ID cards, dormitories, work meetings and juvenile workers were being breached at the Pegatron factories. Exhausted workers were filmed falling asleep during their 12-hour shifts. An undercover reporter, working in a factory, had to work for 18 days in a row despite repeated requests for a day off.

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First Published: Dec 19 2014 | 10:33 AM IST

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