Effects of Apple Slavery
The effects of slavery in Apple factories.
Apple Factory Workers Imprisoned.
In many Apple factories around the world, modern day slavery is being used. Workers have to work overtime each day and usually only get paid $100 a month. Each and every week, employees have to work overtime and seven days a week without breaks.They have to live in crowded dorms and their legs get so swelled up from standing all of the time, they cannot even walk. Some workers get injured from the usage of harmful chemicals used to clean the screens of electronics.
Due to all the stress and anxiety working at the Apple factories causes, some of the workers have resorted to suicide by jumping off sides of the building. Around twenty employees have died from suicide, and four from explosions. Now, employees are expected to sign a pledge saying they will not commit suicide at the factory.
Some factories are filled with toxic aluminum dust so dense, that explosions can occur at any time. When workers were surveyed, a majority of them said that they have little confidence in their safety at work. Thirty-seven facilities lack a controlled working day system that states a worker should have one day off every seven days, and one-hundred and eight factories said they did not pay proper wages for overtime