Chinese workers at factories making Dell computers are being forced to work seven day, 74 hour weeks under appalling conditions for as little as 66p an hour, it has been claimed. An undercover investigation by Danish and Chinese Labour watchdogs secretly filmed conditions inside four Chinese factories. They found shocking evidence that workers were being forced to live in cramped, squalid dormitories where there was said to be not enough hot water to wash. Investigations were carried out at the MSI factory in Shenzhen city, the Mingshou factory in Suzhou city and the Hipro Electronics and Taida Electronics factories both in Dongguan city, Guangdong province. At the Mingshuo factory there was found to be just one toilet for every 55 workers, one shower room for every 90 workers and 272 workers were having to share one coin operated washing machine. The workers are reportedly forced to work overtime for up to four hours per day and are fined for their mistakes. DM
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:30:23 +0000
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