Content Tagged: Foxconn
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Earlier this year, Apple and Foxconn agreed to improve working conditions at Foxconn's Chinese facilities after the Fair Labor Association issued a fairly damning report blasting the manufacturer's of...
Posted: 12/17/2012 2:13:12 PM
Three to four thousand workers on the iPhone 5 production line at Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant have gone on strike, according to a report from China Labor Watch. In a press release issued this afternoon,...
Posted: 10/5/2012 2:49:23 PM
After a 2,000-employee riotforced Foxconn to shut down its Taiyuan plant on Sunday, a watchdog group says that the iPhone-manufacturer needs to treat its employees better, even in the face o...
Posted: 9/24/2012 4:56:50 PM
Foxconn factory workers in Tai Yuan have very few freedoms, live in crampeddormitorieswith bars on the windows and work excessive overtime, according to a journalist in China, whowent undercov...
Posted: 9/12/2012 1:32:03 PM
Today, the Fair Labor Association released an extensive report detailing a host of violations the group found when it audited Apple production lines at Foxconn. But through the controversial inspectio...
Posted: 3/30/2012 1:16:37 AM
Labor Activist Li Qiang wants you to know that the iPhone 4 in his pocket is not an endorsement of Apple's policies, just an acknowledgement that the company is doing a better job of monitoring factor...
Posted: 2/3/2012 8:14:02 AM
In response to a New York Times report about poor worker safety, last week Apple CEO Tim Cook sent his employees an internal memo stating that the company is a safety leader and would never, "stand st...
Posted: 1/30/2012 9:05:26 PM
The past year has been pivotal for mobile tech. From the introduction of the iPad 2 and Android's continuing momentum to Nokia's surprising wholesale jump and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 OS, it has certainly been a busy 12 months..
Posted: 5/23/2011 2:47:16 PM
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