labour
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Two Months Later, Amazon’s Still Complaining About That Times Hit Piece
It’s been over two months since The New York Times published a lengthy and rather scathing report on what it’s like to work at Amazon. (Working at Amazon is soul-crushing, by the way.) But Amazon just can’t stop defending itself.
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Apple Says Fewer Illegal Teens Now Building Your iPads
It’s bad enough when overworked Chinese adults are killing themselves and rioting because of our Apple lust — adding kids under 16 is just awful. But Apple says it’s cutting these industrious, exploited kiddos out of the supply chain.
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Is It Immoral To Own An iPhone 5?
So many things are made in China: DVD players, handbags, adorable shoes, kitchen gadgets, watches, t-shirts, laptops and more. Some of them are made in happy, shiny factories. Some are born out of deplorable labour conditions that ruin and cost lives. We usually don’t know which is which.
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Working At Foxconn Is Now Slightly Less Brutal
The Wall Street Journal reports that working conditions are getting better at the embattled Foxconn manufacturing facility where 150,000 Chinese workers assemble iPhones and iPads for the rest of the world. According to the report, wages have risen by 16 per cent, and the probation period before entry-level workers become permanent has been reduced from…