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Inside The Filthy Dorms Where Workers Who Make Apple's New iPhone 5C Must Sleep

The Jabil Circuit factory is in Wuxi, China. It has 30,000 workers.

Inside The Filthy Dorms Where Workers Who Make Apple's New iPhone 5C Must Sleep

Workers are charged fees by "dispatch" companies to get jobs at Apple's factories. This is one of the dorms they are housed in.

Workers are charged fees by "dispatch" companies to get jobs at Apple

Crowded worker dorms sleep eight people per room.

Crowded worker dorms sleep eight people per room.

Workers sleep in shifts. Night- and day-shifts are assigned the same rooms, CLW says, so workers are constantly being awoken by their colleagues.

Workers sleep in shifts. Night- and day-shifts are assigned the same rooms, CLW says, so workers are constantly being awoken by their colleagues.

This is the dorm laundry area.

This is the dorm laundry area.

Workers are required to do 69-hour weeks.

Workers are required to do 69-hour weeks.

The workers' shared bathroom. The toilet and the shower are not separated.

The workers

The dorm hallways are dank and badly lit.

The dorm hallways are dank and badly lit.

Inside the factory, workers do more than 11 hours of standing work every day with only 30-minute meal breaks, CLW alleges.

Inside the factory, workers do more than 11 hours of standing work every day with only 30-minute meal breaks, CLW alleges.

Inside the factory, job training lasts only two hours, CLW says. Exam answers are given by the trainer to be copied directly onto the answer sheet.

Inside the factory, job training lasts only two hours, CLW says. Exam answers are given by the trainer to be copied directly onto the answer sheet.

Workers must assemble 90 plastic iPhone 5C covers per hour. If they fall behind, they must make up the difference with unpaid overtime.

Workers must assemble 90 plastic iPhone 5C covers per hour. If they fall behind, they must make up the difference with unpaid overtime.

This is the factory cafeteria: Despite continual standing, workers are given only a 30-minute meal breaks during a 12-hour shift.

This is the factory cafeteria: Despite continual standing, workers are given only a 30-minute meal breaks during a 12-hour shift.

After entering and leaving through security checks, workers often get just five minutes to eat. If they can stay awake to eat, of course. Sleep is a higher priority than food, according to CLW's source.

After entering and leaving through security checks, workers often get just five minutes to eat. If they can stay awake to eat, of course. Sleep is a higher priority than food, according to CLW

If a worker needs a drink of water or to go the bathroom, she needs to get approval from her line leader, CLW says.

If a worker needs a drink of water or to go the bathroom, she needs to get approval from her line leader, CLW says.

Workers are transported to and from the dorms in buses. They are required to work over 100 hours of monthly mandatory overtime.

Workers are transported to and from the dorms in buses. They are required to work over 100 hours of monthly mandatory overtime.

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