Is Apple making people in China work longer then they should have to?

"Apple faces new China labor allegations"

I got this article from technology newsCNN.

Sophia Yan. Apple faces new China labor allegations. CNN. Time Warner Company. 6 Sept, 2013. Web.  6 Sept,2013. http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/06/technology/apple-china-labor/index.html

Apple is being accused of labor charges, it is said that they are making these people work longer then they should have to. The factory that is said to have done this is owned by Jabil Circuit, his plant works on backs of a less costly iPhone. Apple claims that the workers should work 60 hours a week and only work over time under very rare circumstances however, this seems to not be the case in this factory, according to China Labor Watch "some workers at the plant would stand for more the 11 hours a day, and alleged new employees were forced to sign contracts stating their overtime would be considered voluntary." (CNN and China Labor Watch.).

I think that Apple should not make their workers do overtime if they don't want to, it shouldn't be a forced thing especially considering that Apple has a policy of only 60 hours per week of work anyways. I was very surprised to hear this because Apple is a worldwide company, when you hear something like this coming from such a well kown company it doesn't sound good at all. When I first saw this article I thought maybe the allegations could be false, but as I read on I found that this isn't the first time that Apple has been on the "hot seat" (CNN).  This event affects me because when you see a big time company doing things they shouldn't this can set a bad example. Apple is a worldwide company and moreover shouldn't be setting these kinds of examples.

I think that this event impacts the world because Apple is so well known. This tarnishes not only the company of Apple inc. but also the way the the U.S' companies look as a whole. If we have companies with labor allegations against them what does this say about U.S. companies? Not anything very good. I'm not saying that all U.S companies are going to do things like this but because Apple is one of the U.S' biggest companies this sets an example for what all the other companies could be like.