Apple Watch Series 4 smartwatches sit on display during a sales launch at an Apple Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Friday, Sep. 21, 2018. The iPhone XS is up to $200 more expensive than last year's already pricey iPhone X and represents one of the smallest advances in the product line's history. But that means little to the Apple Inc. faithful or those seeking to upgrade their older iPhone. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
WASHINGTON: Apple is investigating a factory in southwest China after a labour rights group said the tech giant’s supplier forced student workers to work “like robots” to assemble its popular Apple Watch.
Many were compelled to work in order to get their vocational degrees and had to do night shifts, according to an investigation by Hong Kong-based NGO Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM).
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