Report: Over 1,000 Chinese Students Forced to Build PlayStation 4 at Foxconn Plant to Graduate
Reports claim students were required to build PS4s to receive course credit.
By Matt Peckham @mattpeckhamOct. 10, 2013
According to Quartz (via Chinese site Tencent Games), the students were informed that participation was mandatory toward receiving six course credits — credits without which they couldn’t graduate. The students were purportedly participating in an “internship.” The PlayStation 4 arrives in the U.S. on November 15.
Wild as that sounds, when Quartz spoke to Foxconn — one of the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturers and the perennial target of labor violation allegations — the company admitted the students had indeed been asked to perform duties that violated company policy.
Here’s the full Foxconn statement:
Read more: http://techland.time.com/2013/10/10/report-over-1000-chinese-students-forced-to-build-playstation-4-at-foxconn-plant-to-graduate/#ixzz2hPqLwCQ0
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