Apple Sued For Turning Workers Into Slaves

SwiftyNifty writes "Apple employees are putting together a class action lawsuit for not receiving overtime pay. A Lawsuit filed Monday in California seeks class action status alleging that Apple denied technical staffers required overtime pay and meal compensation in violation of state law. Filed in the US District Court for Southern California, the complaint claims that many Apple employees are routinely subjected to working conditions resembling indentured servitude, or 'modern day slaves,' for lack of better words."

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Re:No, *THESE* are slaves

[larry bagina]

On the other hand, one reason InBev (Belgium) bought Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser) is that the US corporate tax rate is 38.4% whereas Belgium's tax rate is 33% (temporarily raised to 34%)... however, capital deductions effectively cut it to 20% or so. But I'm sure President Obama and his "windfall" tax on any company with a 10% profit will revitalize business!

Also, the GM/Ford/Chrysler's primary business isn't automobiles or even financing -- it's providing healthcare and pensions for retired employees.

Re:No, *THESE* are slaves

[Bryansix]

Exactly. Obama's motto should be this... Change, Taxes we can believe in! Taxes should go down, not up. IN addition I'm a big proponent of getting rid of income tax in favor of a fair tax on goods and services sold.