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Did Foxconn Hide Underage Workers During Inspections?

February 22, 2012Erik Kain

Foxconn has opened its doors to the Fair Labor Association and ABC News – but is it hiding something? After reports of poor working conditions and worker suicides at ‘s Chinese vendors’ manufacturing facilities, a number of groups have called for investigations and audits of the plants. The Fair Labor Association and ABC News have […]

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Possible Conflict Of Interest In ABC’s Exclusive Access To Apple Chinese Supply Chain

February 19, 2012Erik Kain

In January, the New York Times published a controversial and troubling report about working conditions in Chinese FoxConn factories where products are manufactured. Beneath the smooth exterior of the iPads and iPhones that have so captured the American imagination was a supply chain riddled with workers’ rights issues. CEO  responded by saying that cares “about every […]

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Consumer Watchdog Group Accuses Apple Of ‘Whitewashing’ Worker Conditions In China

February 16, 2012Erik Kain

Consumer watchdog group SumOfUs is calling into question remarks by the Fair Labor Association (FLA) that painted a rosy picture of FoxConn facilities in China that manufacture products like the iPhone and iPad. The FLA is the labor standards group partnered with to monitor its Chinese factory standards, though it’s unclear at this time how much […]

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Conditions At Apple iPad Plants Better Than Average, According To Fair Labor Association

February 15, 2012Erik Kain

It turns out that conditions at FoxConn, the Chinese firm that helps manufacture iPads and other devices, are much better than at garment factories and other Chinese factories according to the Fair Labor Association which is conducting a review of the plants: Auret van Heerden, president of the FLA offered no immediate conclusions on the […]

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Report Claims iPad 3 Already In Production, Confirms March Release Date

January 16, 2012Erik Kain

Get ready for the iPad 3 sometime this March. is said to have begun production on the third-generation tablet earlier this month. Bloomberg is reporting that production started at the beginning of January and will reach full volume some time in February. enthusiasts have a few good reasons to be excited. 1. The next iPad […]

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Chinese Foxconn Workers Threaten Mass Suicide Over Xbox Pay Dispute

January 12, 2012Erik Kain

Workers at Chinese electronics giant Foxconn, angry over the shuttering of an Xbox 360 production line in the Chinese city of Wuhan, climbed to the roof of a six story dormitory and threatened to jump en masse if their conditions weren’t met. The several dozen workers threatened mass suicide after Foxconn announced layoffs and transfers of […]

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Free Trade and Globalism Can Raise Labor Standards Across the Developing World

October 28, 2011Erik Kain

Writing in The New York Times, Layna Mosley argues that free trade, in and of itself, has the power to raise labor standards across the globe thanks to the “California effect:” International trade gives producers incentives to meet the standards of their export markets. When developing nations export more to countries with better labor standards, […]

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Is Your Halloween Candy the Product of Child Labor?

October 17, 2011Erik Kain

Are the chocolate bars your kids come home with on Halloween the product of child labor in Africa? Is that bag of candy you picked up at the store the end-result of children being taken from their homes and sold as slaves to cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast? A report from the International Institute of […]

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