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Article | 25/01/2013 Apple cut ties with Chinese supplier for hiring underage workers
Apple found 11 facilities within its supply chain using underage labor last year, and went as far to sever ties with one Chinese component maker for f...
Article | 25/01/2013 Apple cut ties with Chinese supplier for hiring underage workers
Apple found 11 facilities within its supply chain using underage labor last year, and went as far to sever ties with one Chinese component maker for f...
Article | 14/01/2013 Workers strike at Foxconn supplier in China
More than 1,000 workers reportedly went on strike at a Foxconn supplier in China demanding better pay. Riot police are said to have responded by suppr...
Article | 8/01/2013 Apple CEO Tim Cook visits China, meets with official
Apple CEO Tim Cook is visiting China and met with a government official on Tuesday, about 10 months after his last visit to the country.
Article | 24/12/2012 Foxconn, Samsung face dilemma of cutting overtime hours at Chinese factories
Assembly line workers are logging 12-hour days to churn out the latest handsets for Samsung Electronics at a factory in Huizhou, China.
Article | 17/12/2012 Samsung clashes with labor group over underage worker allegations in China
Samsung is facing accusations that the company deliberately tried to hide the employment of underage workers at a Chinese supplier, after a labor prot...
Article | 7/12/2012 Foxconn is exploring expanding its manufacturing in the US
Foxconn Technology Group is considering expanding its existing manufacturing operations in the U.S., in a move that could be linked with Apple's plan ...
Article | 27/11/2012 Samsung criticized for long work hours at supplier factories in China
Despite Samsung Electronics' efforts to rectify labor violations at its factories in China, little has changed for some workers.
Article | 26/11/2012 Samsung announces measures to tackle labor violations by Chinese suppliers
Samsung Electronics announced new measures to keep its suppliers in China compliant with labor laws after it completed a round of audits that found pr...
Article | 19/11/2012 Apple drops, Wipro tops Greenpeace rankings
First-time surprise entrant Wipro tops the list of rankings in the 18th edition of the Greenpeace "Guide to Greener Electronics," with Apple dropping ...
Article | 23/10/2012 Workers' rights group accuses 'iPad mini' supplier of labor abuses
A workers' rights group has slammed what it called the "iPad mini manufacturer" for maintaining poor working conditions at a factory in China.
Article | 19/12/2011 Apple supplier Pegatron reports explosion at subsidiary in China
Apple supplier Pegatron reported that an explosion occurred at a subsidiary company in China, with Shanghai authorities stating that 61 workers were s...
Article | 8/12/2011 Apple MacBook component factory in China still shut down
Chinese authorities continue to inspect a factory that produces aluminum casings for Apple's MacBook laptops, following residents' complaints of unbea...
Article | 16/11/2011 Apple to audit suppliers after pollution concerns, groups say
Apple plans to hire a third-party auditing firm to investigate 15 of its suppliers suspected of violating environmental regulations, according to loca...
Article | 4/11/2011 Foxconn's parent may be planning to make robots
The parent of Apple supplier Foxconn has broken ground on a new R&D (research and development) facility in Taiwan to produce what could be robots ...