Fair Labor Association Offers Initial Impressions on Foxconn Audit as iPads Used to Collect Survey Data

fair labor association's independent audit of foxconn's manufacturing facilities apple products having been underway several days now, reuters reports on association's initial impressions works collect , analyze data on working conditions.




according fair labor association president auret van heerden, foxconn's facilities appear "first-class" in comparison garment factories association has typically monitored, van heerden suggesting monotony , boredom associated repetitive assembly tasks may among significant threats workers' all-around health @ facilities.

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after first visits foxconn, van heerden said, "the facilities first-class; physical conditions way, way above average of norm."

spent past several days visiting foxconn plants prepare study.

"i surprised when walked onto floor @ foxconn, how tranquil compared garment factory," said. "so problems not intensity , burnout , pressure-cooker environment have in garment factory. . it's more function of monotony, of boredom, of alienation perhaps."

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the report notes fair labor association has 30 employees on hand conduct audit, foxconn employees being surveyed audit using ipads record responses. 3 separate foxconn factories representing 300,000 workers being audited on course of 3 weeks, 35,000 employees participating in group's anonymous assessment surveys.

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questions include:

- how workers hired
- if paid fee
- if offered , signed contracts , whether understood them
- condition of dorm rooms , food
- if complaints acted upon
- emotional being

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apple ceo tim cook had much say on topic of worker safety during interview @ goldman sachs investor conference yesterday, noting apple working closely fair labor association , attempting proactive , transparent possible in addressing issues.

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while encouraging see americans worried worker rights, , see american company go such great lengths improve working conditions @ plants in china, find baffling working conditions of foxconn employees working on apple products in china has resulted in public outrage across country while our food being picked people in far greater oppression (often literal slavery) right here in our own country.

national news coverage , public outrage farm worker working conditions in united states?

 

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