Chinese website Zol -- which is owned by CBS Interactive -- is
reporting that Apple may be moving toward a model of paying Foxconn
employees direct subsidies, in the form of small percentages of of the
profits from whatever product line they work on. It's also interesting
to note that the report claims that Apple has looked into the
situation, and found that the general unhappiness of the workers and
the recent spate of suicides could be attributed to low wages. The
report says that Apple -- which apparently pays Foxconn 2.3 percent of
the final retail price for a given product -- will pay an additional
amount directly to the workers, which would give a significant boost
to the roughly $132 they're currently pulling in per month. The actual
payout numbers we're hearing -- around 1 to 2 percent of a retail
price of the products manufactured -- don't exactly make sense so
we're hoping to get clarification as to the breakdown if the rumor
turns out to be true. The report also states that the iPad production
line will be the first to benefit from the scheme. We have asked Apple
for comment and will update if and when we hear back.
Apple rumored to begin paying Foxconn employees direct wages
originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 May 2010 12:19:00 EDT.
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