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Foxconn's Other Dirty Secret: the World's Largest "Internship" Program

pigrabbitbear writes "In light of a series of reports that have emerged over the years, one of many dark stories of suicide now points at one of the lesser-known but more unsavory aspects of Foxconn's much-criticized labor practices: with the help of schools and government officials, the company runs a massive internship program built not on voluntary education but on 'compelled' factory work for teenage students. According to Ross Perlin, author of Intern Nation."

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  1. Re:It's a great opportunity! by jdastrup · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You could have gotten modded funny for that, but I don't waste my mod points on cowards.