Microsoft hit by Chinese slave labour claim

Teenagers work 15-hour shifts and feel like “prisoners” making mice and webcams for Microsoft at a Chinese manufacturer, according to a National Labor Committee investigation. The human rights group has released a report claiming kids as young as 14 were among hundreds of teenagers assembling Microsoft-branded peripherals at a KYE Systems plant in southern China. The NLC claims workers are paid $0.65 per hour, reduced to $0.52 after charges for basic...