In its 2013 Supplier Responsibility Report, Apple names one company with more than 70 incidents of hiring workers younger than 16 to work on assembling circuit boards used in Apple products. Read more »
A Reuters report says Apple will be using some of its billions to help improve working conditions at some Foxconn plants. It’s an unexpected move for Apple, but one that’s starting to indicate a pattern in CEO Tim Cook’s short time at the company’s helm. Read more »
Though Foxconn has agreed to bring its working hours policies into line with Chinese law after a high-profile audit, not all of its workers are cheering the news. Some employees say Foxconn’s pledge to reduce hours will reduce their pay, and they’re not happy about it. Read more »
The radio program This American Life on Friday said that it is retracting a previous episode of the show, in which monologist Mike Daisey described the working conditions in factories in China that produce Apple devices, saying it “was partially fabricated.” Read more »
Hoping to attract the attention of Apple fans more interested in how their iPad is made than whether the Retina display is worth the upgrade or not, another coordinated, multi-store protest against working conditions in Apple’s third-party manufacturers’ factories is planned for Friday’s iPad launch. Read more »
