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HIGH TECHMISERYINCHINA
The Dehumanization of Young WorkersProducing Our Computer KeyboardsFEB
2009
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Hewlett PackardLenovoMicrosoftDellIBM
 
February 2009
National Labor Committeenlc@nlcnet.orgwww.nlcnet.orgNew York Oce(212) 242-3002Pittsburgh Oce5 Gateway Center, 6
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Floor60 Boulevard o the AlliesPittsburgh, PA 15222Research:Charles Kernaghan, Jonathann Giammarco,Barbara BriggsDesign:Tomás Donoso
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Dongguan MeitaiPlastics & Electronics Factory
 
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The Research
The research or the Meitai actory report wascarried out between June and September o2008 and updated through mid-January 2009.During this period there were no signicantchanges in the actory.Our research was based on interviews carriedout over months in sae locations along withphotographs o primitive actory, dorm and ca-eteria conditions which were smuggled out othe actory. Moreover, internal company doc-
InTrODuCTIOn: The neW AssemblY lIne
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DOngguAn meITAI PlAsTICs & eleCTrOnICs FACTOrY
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brAInWAshIng
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All emPlOYees shOulD regArD The FACTOrY As hOme—buT…
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bIg brOTher Is WATChIng
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exPOrT subsIDIes In ChInA helPeD DuTY-Free enTrY TO The u.s.
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hOurs—exCessIve FOrCeD OverTIme
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lenOvO AnD The OlYmPICs
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WAges: WOrKers CheATeD OF uP TO 19 PerCenT
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COmPAnY DOrms…PrImITIve COnDITIOns
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IllegAllY—WOrKers nOT InsCrIbeD InnATIOnAl sOCIAl seCurITY heAlTh InsurAnCe
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heAlTh & sAFeTY vIOlATIOns
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Table ofconTenTs
uments were also smuggled out o the plant,detailing a long list o draconian disciplinarymeasures and nes which were used to controlevery movement and almost every second othe workers’ lives.Unlike toy, garment, urniture and auto partsplants, the Meitai actory in Dongguan City hasnot, to date, been hit hard by the worldwide re-cession and it continues to operate at near ullcapacity with ew layos. 
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