labor - Apple report on Foxconn disputed by employees

The internet is getting more fascinating by the day. Bingfeng Teahouse has been translating some comments and blogs by what is described as "former Foxconn employees":

foxconn is really vicious, 80% are female workers aged 17-18, some are 15 or 16 years-old, they STAND to work (not allowed to sit), you can image it, standing for 14-15 hours, 20 minutes for lunch. is there any humanity in such a factory? overtime voluntarily? shit! how much base pay they get - 450-580 RMB per month, they have to work overtime to earn as much as 1000 RMB. some work for months without break. there is no media report. local government doesn't care about it, even they know the truth, they won't mind it, how much tax they collect from foxconn, hundreds of millions. the government is certainly very happy with such companies .....

While this kind of reports should be watched with care, they cast a severe cloud on the official Apple report that clear Foxconn from most of the accusations. Just imagine what this could mean: the internet is not only covering nerds, university students and the urbanites, but moving into the factories. Again, it is important to try and verify the claims on these internet reports, but here an important tool is developing.

Bingfeng promises more translations later.