Amazon and Foxconn reportedly strip workers of benefits and pay low wages in Chinese factory

Amazon and Foxconn reportedly strip workers of benefits and pay low wages in Chinese factory

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https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/11/17448544/amazon-foxconn-worker-conditions-benefits-stripped-low-wages-chinese-factory

Foxconn said yesterday that it’s investigating its factory in southern China that makes Amazon Echo Dot and Kindle devices after a US labor watchdog reported finding poor working conditions on site that violate Chinese law, as spotted by Reuters.

A report from the New York-based China Labor Watch found that the Hengyang Foxconn plant in Hunan province, which primarily makes devices for Amazon, relies on temporary workers with a high turnover rate, pays them far less than the local average, and puts them on long, unpaid vacations, which forces many of them to resign to find paying work.