Indian women assembling Apple iPhones had to survive off worm-infested food while living without running water — all for under $5 a day, according to an investigation.
Indian women assembling Apple iPhones had to survive off worm-infested food while living in rat-filled dorms without running water — all for less than $5 a day, according to a new investigation. Apple pays out holiday bonuses of up to $180,000 to some US engineersThe situation was thrust into the public eye when 159 women were hospitalized for food poisoning in mid-December, sparking a rare worker protest.
The workers said that they were forced to sleep on the floor in dormitories, with up to 30 women sleeping in a single room. At least one of the dorms had toilets with no running water, the workers said. “People living in the hostels always had some illness or the other — skin allergies, chest pain, food poisoning,” a 21-year-old woman who quit the plant after the protest told Reuters. “We didn’t make a big deal out of it because we thought it will be fixed. But now, it affected a lot of people.”
Women who work in the plant will continue to be paid while Apple investigates the working conditions, according to Reuters. They make $140 each month — or about $4.67 per day — but have to pay a Foxconn contractor for housing and food while working at the plant.
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