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

Sep 5, 2013, 21:55 IST

China Labor Watch / YouTubeA washroom from a Jabril Circuit dorm.Chinese workers are forced to work 12-hour days, mostly standing, to assemble Apple's cheap new iPhone, the iPhone 5C, according to a new report from China Labor Watch, the workers' rights watchdog.

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The report was created by under cover workers at Jabil Circuit in Wuxi, China. They found workers who put in 11-hour shifts with only 30 minute breaks to eat. Much of that break time was taken up by standing in security lines, so staff had only 5 minutes to eat.

The workers, who are paid around $245 a month, live in crowded, dirty dorms. As the factory runs 24 hours a day, they sleep in shifts, up to eight to a room. The conditions are similar to those endured by workers putting together the new iPhone 5S, which is expected to be unveiled on Sept. 10.

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Here are some images from CLW's report and video. We've gathered some photos of the inside of the Jabil factory and its dorms in the following gallery.

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