Ramblings of an old Doc
Published on February 6, 2012 By DrJBHL In Personal Computing

Just saw this about a worker’s life at Foxconn: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/06/world/asia/china-apple-foxconn-worker/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

You should see it if you get the opportunity sometime today [sorry, you’ll have to see the stupid Verizon ad in order to do so, though].

It reiterates what we’ve been saying. Right now, she earns less than $1 per hour. Good thing she works more than 60 hrs. a week, eh?

She’s never even seen an iPad, though… not the finished product, anyway.

Apple states it demands workers have safe conditions and be treated with dignity. I really didn’t expect them to say anything different.

If so Apple, why isn’t it being done? Pious hypocrisy is just that.

Anyway…. thought you’d want to see it.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/06/world/asia/china-apple-foxconn-worker/index.html?hpt=hp_c2


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on Feb 17, 2012

Now that's confusing. First they say Foxconn "..facilities are first-class", then they say there are "Tons of Issues". Sounds like a wasted organization to me.

on Feb 17, 2012

depressing

on Feb 17, 2012

It's a factory in China.

 

First class isn't a very high plateau.

on Feb 18, 2012

Update:

FLA's findings should appear on a few shows this coming week:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400455,00.asp

"Apple granted anchor Bill Weir "exclusive access" to the Foxconn factories in Shenzhen, China, according to a promotional note sent by Nightline on Friday. (The note claims that the broadcast will air "Tuesday, February 22 at 11:35 p.m. ET". Nightline tweeted that the segment will air Tuesday, however). ..... Portions of the Nightline report will be featured across ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including "Good Morning America," "World News with Diane Sawyer," ABCNews.com, ABC News Radio and ABC Newsone."

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