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iPhone maker faces labor complaints over status of student workers

Published Sep 12, 2012 at 8:30 am (Updated Sep 12, 2012)

(From The Washington Post) The company that manufactures Apple's iPhones has responded to an accusation that vocational students are forced to work in its Chinese factories by saying Wednesday its agreement with their schools allows them to leave.

China Labor Watch, a Hong Kong group, said this week that Foxconn, which employs some 1.2 million people in China, employed students aged 16 to 18 in its factories. It cited employees as saying some wanted to leave but were compelled by their schools to stay.

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