Posted February 8, 2013, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
HP is following in the footsteps of Apple and other major manufacturers in their stance against overseas labor abuse. The company recently gave their Chinese suppliers a new set of guidelines with regards to the use of student and temporary…
Posted January 25, 2013, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple
Apple’s seventh annual Supplier Responsibilities report has revealed that one of its suppliers violated their underage labor policy 74 times. Following the revelation, Apple cut all ties with China-based Guangdong Real Faith Pingzhou Electronics and reported the labor agency responsible…
Posted November 26, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Samsung has published data from a month-long audit of a number of Chinese suppliers used to build their products. A team of 121 employees checked into the business practices of 105 suppliers to verify compliance with Samsung regulations as well…
Posted October 16, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Apple
In August, an organization by the name of China Labor Watch blew the whistle on Foxconn for employing children who claimed to be under the age of 16 -- China's legal working age. Today, we discover Foxconn's subsequent investigation into…
Posted August 8, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
Although Apple's Foxconn ordeal eventually managed to slip beyond the spotlight, Samsung may be next in line for a public flogging due to workforce abuse. China Labor Watch is reporting a major Samsung supplier, HEG Electronics, has been employing workers under the legal…
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