Re:iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause ...
by foxfoxfox on Monday December 21, 2020 @06:35AM
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They aren’t apple employees we don’t even know if these workers were working on apple products. They are Wistron employees, a company that works on everything from TVs to IoT devices. We just know that the factory was contracted to produce the iPhone SE 2 for Indian customers and that Apple did pay fairly and some management level at wistron pocketed it instead of paying the workers.
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Re:iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause ...
by ficklepickle on Monday December 21, 2020 @03:42PM
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These structures exist so corps can engage in slavery without harming their brand. They use contactors that they pay so little, they know the working conditions will be terrible. It's a win-win for Apple, more $ and they don't tarnish their brand. When there is media like this, they blame the contractor and keep doing the same things.
This is absolutely how MBAs think. I had to misfortune of attending business school.
Re:iPhone factory workers say they haven’t been paid, cause ...
by tremon on Monday December 21, 2020 @10:03AM
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They are still Apple employees, just not on the books. This isn't any different from tax evasion through different shell companies across the world: these workers spend 100% of their labour producing things that Apple subsequently sells at gross markup, so for all intents and purposes -- they are Apple employees, just not according to the law.