
Apple has a big event planned for the end of the month, when the company is supposed to unveil its rumored tablet and perhaps a new iPhone OS, but the workers who make screens used by Apple are a lot more concerned about getting paid and whether they’ve been made to work with hazardous materials.
Some 2,000 Chinese workers staged a five-hour protest over canceled bonus payments. They work for Wintek, a Taiwanese company that makes screens for mobile devices made by Nokia, Apple and others.
Engadget has more on the story here. —PZS
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