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Apple should pays the workers

Bad CEO

We know theres corona But da company already rich even before der corona

They aren’t apple employees we don’t even know if these workers were working on apple products. They are Wistron employees, a company that works on everything from TVs to IoT devices. We just know that the factory was contracted to produce the iPhone SE 2 for Indian customers and that Apple did pay fairly and some management level at wistron pocketed it instead of paying the workers.

These structures exist so corps can engage in slavery without harming their brand. They use contactors that they pay so little, they know the working conditions will be terrible. It's a win-win for Apple, more $ and they don't tarnish their brand. When there is media like this, they blame the contractor and keep doing the same things.

This is absolutely how MBAs think. I had to misfortune of attending business school.

They are still Apple employees, just not on the books. This isn't any different from tax evasion through different shell companies across the world: these workers spend 100% of their labour producing things that Apple subsequently sells at gross markup, so for all intents and purposes -- they are Apple employees, just not according to the law.

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