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Microsoft investigates as sweatshop spotlight shines on supplier
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| The report says that the workers have
| virtually no rights, every single labor law
| in China is violated, and codes of conduct
| like those of Microsoft and HP have zero
| impact. Over the past three years,
| photographs showing exhausted teenaged
| workers have been smuggled out of the KYE
| factory, along with worker interviews and
| accounts. Smuggling was necessary because
| factory management prohibits anyone,
| including clients like Microsoft, from
| taking pictures inside the factory or in the
| workers' primitive and dirty dorm rooms.
|
| KYE recruits hundreds of "work study
| students" as young as 16 or 17 years old (in
| 2007 and 2008, dozens of them were reported
| to be just 14 or 15). Management likes the
| high school students since they are easy to
| discipline and control. For the same reason,
| KYE prefers to hire women 18 to 25 years of
| age, who are often sexually harassed by
| security guards, according to NLC.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/04/microsoft-investigates-as-sweatshop-spotlight-shines-on-supplier.ars
Labor group: Chinese teens 'like prisoners' in Microsoft tech factory
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/201685.asp
Recent:
Congress slams China and Microsoft, praises Google
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| Two days after Google stopped censoring
| search results in China, a congressional
| panel praised the company's actions while
| excoriating the Beijing government for its
| record on Internet censorship and human
| rights.
|
| [...]
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| "They [Microsoft] need to get on the right
| side of human rights rather than enabling
| tyranny, which they're doing right now,"
| Smith said.
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/24/technology/china_google_hearing/index.htm
Congress Rebukes Microsoft's Chinese Censorship, Microsoft Fires Back
http://www.dailytech.com/Congress+Rebukes+Microsofts+Chinese+Censorship+Microsoft+Fires+Back/article17984.htm
Congress On China: Google Gets A Big Wet Kiss. Microsoft Is âEnabling Tyrannyâ
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/26/china-microsoft-google-tyranny/
Congressman: In China, Microsoft is 'enabling tyranny'
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/199369.asp?from=blog_last3
Lawmaker Blasts Microsoft
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| Microsoft came under attack Wednesday from
| a House lawmaker for not following Google's
| lead in resisting China's demand for
| foreign firms to abide by the country's
| censorship rules and Internet restrictions.
|
| During a hearing focused on Internet
| control in China before the Congressional-
| Executive Commission on China, Rep. Chris
| Smith, R-NJ, singled out Microsoft, which
| has said it will continue to operate in
| China and follow Chinese laws. Microsoft
| "needs to get with the program" and "join
| the side of human rights...rather than
| enabling tyranny," Smith said.
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http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/03/lawmaker-blasts-microsoft.php
Microsoft's Suport of Chinese Censorship: Smart Business, Poor Morals
http://www.dailytech.com/Microsofts+Suport+of+Chinese+Censorship+Smart+Business+Poor+Morals/article17966.htm
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