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January
The Human Cost of Convenience: Chinese School Children Produce Amazon Devices
A report released by China Labor Watch (CLW) in August 2019 accuses an Amazon manufacturer of Echo speakers, Kindles, and Alexa devices called Foxconn of illegally employing more than 1500 “interns.” These workers are students from vocational schools between the ages of 16 and 18 hired after Foxconn struggled to recruit enough permanent staff to meet Amazon’s production goals.
Despite China’s prohibition on arranging overtime or night work for students, the interns were subjected to working 60-hour weeks or 10-hour days.