Comment on How fair is a Fairphone? (Or, how much of the sticker price does Fairphone spend on fair/eco?)
Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When everyone was talking about them paying their workers fairly, I did not expect it being 60 bucks a year. It sounds like an insult to be honest.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In their 2022 report (page 40) they said that their living wage bonus for that year was $305 000 paid to 1926 factory workers, which comes to $158 per worker, and they said that this covers 6.5% of the living wage gap. That means, the whole living wage gap is $2436 p.a. per worker.
Now what they are paying is down to $60 per year, so even if the living wage gap didn’t change over the last two years, that would mean the $60 would only cover 2.4% of the living wage gap.
That’s apparently what makes this phone “fair”. It’s like tipping your delivery driver $0.20 and asking them to be grateful for that.