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…
Posted May 11, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple
Apple has voluntarily stepped forward to share the initial cost of improving working conditions at Foxconn factories in China. Both companies have come under fire in recent months with regards to what some deem to be poor labor conditions in…
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