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Foxconn confirms underage workers employed at factory

Foxconn confirms underage workers employed at factory
  • 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…

Underage labor claims push Samsung to investigate Chinese factory

Underage labor claims push Samsung to investigate Chinese factory
  • 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…

Apple to share initial cost to improve conditions at Foxconn factories

Apple to share initial cost to improve conditions at Foxconn factories
  • 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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