Apple, describing it as a "violation of core" safety of workers, said that he had ordered the contractor to stop using chemical and to improve safety at the installation. Apple also said that they would monitor the medical conditions of workers.
But in interviews last weekend, almost a dozen employees say it's been damaged by chemical said he had never heard from anyone at Apple.
Instead, they told the contractor — a Taiwanese company called Wintek — had pressed them and many other workers affected to resign and accept cash settlements that would fulfil the responsibility for the future, charges the company denied.
"We hope that Apple will pay attention to its social responsibility," said Jia Jingchuan, 27. Said display at the plant to Wintek for the chemical, known as n-hexane, had left him with damage to the nervous system and made it so hypersensitive to cold that now he must wear down insulated clothing, even indoors. "Usually someone my age not wearing this kind of pants," said his voice raising awareness. "Only men 50 or 60 years wear something like this."
Monday, however, a Wintek spokesman denied that the company was pushing employees to resign or sign documents fulfilling the company's future liability.
The company said that he was working with healthcare professionals to assess the health of workers. Jay Huang, the spokesperson, Wintek has even suggested that it would be willing to pay for medical care should symptoms persist after the resignation of workers.
"Wintek's policy of handling this is to the benefit of workers, as the first priority," he said.
Kristin Huguet, a spokesman at Apple in Cupertino, California, has refused to discuss appropriate Wintek but said that the company has been committed to the highest standards of social responsibility in its supply chain. "We need our suppliers provide safe working conditions, treat employees with dignity and respect and use environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, whenever our products are made," he said.
Many workers, however, say that do not trust factory because some managers continue to press workers injured to resign, sometimes insisting that they work longer hours, even if their health is compromised.
Mr. Jia, a machine repair worker, was among a group of employees gathered Sunday Wintek to discuss the case of unheated Apartment naked, a worker a few miles from the factory.
Some members of the group said that they were suffering from health problems still at work in the factory, which employs 18,000 employees at an average monthly wage of approximately $ 200, after hours of overtime.
Wang Mei, 37, Wintek, a supervisor of quality inspector said that she was hospitalized for 10 months due to n-hexane poisoning. Said he would leave the factory, but only after receiving assurances that Wintek would cover your medical bills, if kept his health problems.
"It's not that we want to work here," he said Sunday, as she tried to explain why she stays at the factory despite symptoms such as pain, recurrent in his limbs and fatigue. "We want to fight for our legal rights."
Another woman came into the room waving a letter from an insurance company in China, it for insurance life because she had been poisoned at Wintek factory.
Although many workers said that he hadn't heard from Apple, and had been pressed to leave Wintek, a worker has said that an employee of Apple had arrived at the factory in Suzhou, the Tuesday and had met with a few workers affected.
Workers also told Wintek managers appeared to be softening their stance earlier this week telling various workers injured that they would no longer be required to sign documents if they choose to resign.
Wintek injuries highlight the challenges Apple faces in trying to source goods from China, which dominates the production of electronics with cheap labour and highly efficient factories that often operate around the clock.
But China is also known for the factories that ordinarily do not comply with environmental and labor laws.
Chen Xiaoduan contributed research.
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