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Apple I-pod Sweatshops in China...
what is the definition of a sweatshop nowadays...

"Workers were being forced to toil for as little as $50 a month under Dickensian conditions, one commentator said. Poor Asians, mostly women, were caught in this vicious cycle because Americans are addicted to gizmos, another rued.

Amid the hysteria, Apple began its own audit of the factory, which is situated in China's Shenzhen special economic zone and is owned by Foxconn Technology Group, a unit of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.

The findings, unveiled last month, are interesting.

Air-conditioned hostels, Apple's auditors discovered, are available to workers free of charge; the dorms have TV rooms, free laundry, snooker tables and public telephones; the campus comes with soccer fields, a swimming pool, supermarkets, Internet cafes, banks, 13 restaurants and a hospital.

There's no child labor; no one is paid less than the locally mandated minimum wage; male and female employees are housed in separate dormitories; safety isn't a concern.

Everyone has medical coverage.

The biggest complaint of workers: a lack of overtime opportunities during non-peak periods.

This is a sweatshop? "

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mukherjee&sid=aSO.ka_trHHE