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Foxconn Workers Will Get Pay Raise In July
Workers' wages will be increased in July, the CEO of Foxconn said. Afterthe FLA found wide scale violations at Apple’s main manufacturing plant, Foxconn, both Foxconn and Apple promised to fix the issues by 2013. Issues that were found include theamount of overtime worked, compensation...
Protestors planning to be at Apple Stores again this Friday
TUAW has gotten word that protestors are planning at assemble at some Apple Stores in Washington, DC's Georgetown, New York City, and San Francisco this Friday, presumably in anticipation of the new iPad's release.These campaigns are being run from Change.org by Mark Shields, who sounds reasonabl...
Foxconn Employees Say Underage Workers Were Hidden Before FLA Inspection
Employees at Foxconn factories in China claim that the company hid underage workers during the recent inspection by the Fair Labour Association (FLA) so that they would not be discovered, according to the organizationStudents & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM). Foxconn reported...
Fair Labor Association: iPad plant conditions "better than the norm"
While protesters are targeting the Chinese Foxconn plants that make iPads and iPhones, the first report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA) indicates that they may want to start focusing their attention on other manufacturing plants. The comments were made in a Reuters article today highlight...
Thousands Of Hopefuls Line Up For Foxconn Jobs In China As Factory Ramps Up iPhone 5 Production
Despite recent reports detailing the mistreatment of factory workers assembling Apple products in China, there’s still a huge demand for jobs at the Foxconn factory. Thousands of people lined up for hours outside a recruitment agency in the Chinese city ofZhengzhou in the hope that they wo...
35,000 Sign Petition Calling For Apple To Stop Worker Abuse In Chinese Factories
It seems that lengthy report looking into the poor working conditions in Chinese factories assembling Apple products is going to haunt the Cupertino company for some time yet. The latest backlash comes from consumer group SumOfUs, which has launched a petition calling for Apple to “stop wo...
Accuracy Of NYT's Report On Apple Factory Worker Abuse Is Under Fire
Tim Cook was outraged by a recent report from The New York Timesthatprovided a detailed look at the poor working conditions for Chinese factory workers assembling our Apple gadgets. It seems he’s not the only one. The BSR, aleader in corporate responsibility which works with Apple todevelo...
Tim Cook Responds To 'Offensive' Claims About Factory Worker Mistreatment
Following alengthyNew York Times report published earlier this week, detailing the harsh reality behind the mistreatment of Chinese factory workers, Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded to his staff with an email that brands the report “patently false and offensive.” Cook revealed he is ...
The human cost of manufacturing the iPhone, iPad, and other electronics in China
The New York Times is reporting on the human cost of manufacturing iPhones, iPads, and other electronics in China. While Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, Toshiba and others are also mentioned, Apple gets most of the focus, no doubt because they have the highest profile. The ...
Apple Releases Names of 156 Suppliers & Report On Factory Conditions
Facing a storm of criticism over the working conditions in factories building iPods, iPhones and iPads, Apple today for the first time released the names of 156 global suppliers along with a report showing mixed success obtaining fair working conditions. One bright spot: fewer children are worki...
