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Southeast Asia Working Conditions and Pay

Southeast Asia Working Conditions and Pay. By Julie Hopkins and Katy Sosna. United States Businesses should improve working conditions and increase the pay for people working in factories in Southeast Asia. Working Conditions Then. Employers were very harsh, and strict

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Southeast Asia Working Conditions and Pay

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  1. Southeast Asia Working Conditions and Pay By Julie Hopkins and Katy Sosna

  2. United States Businesses should improve working conditions and increase the pay for people working in factories in Southeast Asia.

  3. Working Conditions Then • Employers were very harsh, and strict • There were dirty working conditions -No heating or cooling -Dust, mold, and dirt • Long Working hours • Dangerous Machines • Children were beaten • People were not allowed to leave if they lived at the workhouse.

  4. Historical Examples of Punishments

  5. Working Conditions Now • Workers have restricted water and bathroom privileges. • Employees have had abusive treatment both physically and mentally. • Workers that live in the factory dormitories are not allowed to have visitors.

  6. Pay Then • Workers were paid 25 cents a day, or about $90 a year.

  7. Pay Now • On Average the daily pay for Nike factory workers in Southeast Asia $1.93. • On average the daily pay in Apple factories is about $1.67 for workers.

  8. Working Hours Then • Workers worked 12-14 hours a day. • Worked a total of 6 days a week.

  9. Working Hours Now • Factory workers work more than 60 hours a week. • A work day is about 12 hours a day plus overtime. • Work everyday except Sunday. • At the Apple Factory in china the weekly limits were surpassed by35 percent during a 7 month period.

  10. Living Conditions Then • Many people lived inside a small tenements or apartments. Holding between 5 or more people at a time. • No plumbing, running water, or heating. Dirt or tile floors. • No way to store food. Anyone who would get sick/lice would spread so easily to close proximity.

  11. Living Conditions Now • In a dorm 12 people share a room. • There were 7 rooms on each floor and 3 bathrooms. • Windows in the rooms are barred. • Do not have insurance of any kind. • At the Apple factories the dormitories are overcrowded and cramped. Which means a large number of beds in a large open space that was originally was built as a factory.

  12. News Articles • Apple:-July 22, 2009 Gadget Phila, Chinese Worker Kills himself After iPhone prototype goes missinghttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/5885923/Chinese-worker-kills-himself-after-Apple-iPhone-prototype-goes-missing.html-Feb. 27, 2010 Apple Admits to Having Child Laborhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/7332405/Apple-admits-child-labour-used-at-its-assembly-plants.html-Mar05 2010Why Apple can't control its Chinese factories,By Malcolm Moorehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7375684/Why-Apple-cant-control-its-Chinese-factories.html • Nike:-Nike lists abuses at Asian factories David Teather,The Guardian April 14, 2005http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/apr/14/ethicalbusiness.money

  13. Cites • http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/story/living.htm • http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/apr/14/ethicalbusiness.money • http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ • http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/nike/china.html#nike • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-401220/Apple-uncover-harsh-conditions-Chinese-iPod-factory.html

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