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Posted by: Karina 2 years, 2 months agoApple is investigating reports that Chinese factories contracted to produce iPods are essentially run on slave labor, with female assembly line workers putting in 15-hour shifts and earning about $35 a month.
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c4ribb34n
June 15, 2006, 3:06 a.m.What exactly were they expecting? I mean, if they outsourced to China to save cost, then I would expect them to at least be aware of the accusations that have been done over the years about similar things. Oh, but they couldn't keep the manufacturing in the US or Mexico or somewhere with a record of being relatively safe; could they?
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OrlandoMKII
June 15, 2006, 9:08 a.m.Why am I not surprised?! Lets be honest here people, you are sending your manufacturing to China, nothing against the people, but what else are you going to expect! The only reason why ANYTHING is sent to China for manufacturing is because it is cheap labor and Apple gets to save a few bucks! These people make peanuts in comparison western standards. Apple knew about this! The question is why didn't the U.S. government step in and say anything to Apple. First Apple is piggy-backing off of open source software and they spit in our faces by closing parts of OS X. Now you have them running sweat shops; Apple is a corporation you can not they
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sendmesomejunk
June 15, 2006, 9:44 a.m.Apple is not responsible for the economic conditions in China. Half the products you have in your house are made in China. What makes your iPod any different from your tv or your towels? Get a clue people. Why aren't you complaining about the conditions under which your toaster was made?
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OzzieGT
June 15, 2006, 10:17 a.m.It's not PEOPLE complaining, it's Apple. They are trying to have a little decency here and make sure that their products aren't made in bad conditions and everyone is bashing them. I say good job Apple...now lets see what you do about it. I doubt they can keep their costs so low if they really don't want their products made in sweatshops.
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Karina Longworth blogs about film at Spout.com. She co-founded the film blog Cinematical in March 2005, whilst simultaneously completing an MA in Cinema Studies ...
