Apple report cites labor violations
蘋果承認中國供應商違法
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| Apple Inc., for the first time, admitted poisoning cases at a Chinese factory. |
| In its annual Supplier Responsibility Progress Report released on Feb. 15, Apple Inc. acknowledged hazardous working environments and labor violations by its Chinese suppliers, according to stories in the Beijing Morning Post and the Guardian. |
據《北京晨報》和英國《衛報》的報道，蘋果公司在2月15日發布的年度《供應商責任進展報告》中承認了其中國供應商惡劣的工作環境和違反勞動法的行為。 |
| The American giant, for the first time, admitted poisoning cases at a Chinese factory and said: "In 2010, we learned that 137 workers at the Suzhou facility of Wintek, one of Apple's suppliers, had suffered adverse health effects following exposure to n-hexane." Apple required Wintek to "to stop using n-hexane" and "fix their ventilation system." Wintek had "paid medical treatment, meals and compensation for sick or recuperating workers," and majority of affected workers had returned to work, the report said. But Jia Jingchuan, a worker at Wintek, disputed this and told the Beijing Morning Post that he and some other workers were pressured to quit if they wanted to receive any medical compensation. |
該美國巨頭首次承認了一家中國工廠工人中毒案例，表示：“2010年，我們了解到，在蘋果公司供應商勝華科技蘇州工廠，有137名工人因暴露于正己烷環境，健康遭受不利影響。”蘋果公司要求勝華科技“停止使用正已烷”，并“修理通風系統”。報告稱，勝華科技“向生病和康復中的工人支付了醫藥費、餐費，補發了工資”，大部分受影響的工人已經復崗。但是，勝華科技的工人賈景川提出異議，向《北京晨報》表示，他和其他一些工人如想得到醫療賠償就得離職。 |
| Meanwhile, Apple found more than 91 children working for its suppliers last year, nine times as many as the previous year. It ordered most to pay the children's education costs and fired one contractor that employed 42 minors. |
同時，蘋果公司在去年發現有91名未成年人為其供應商工作，此數目為前一年的9倍。它命令大多數供應商支付這些孩子的教育費用，還解雇了一個雇傭42名未成年人的承包商。
（China.org.cn） | |
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