Ilana Novick / TruthdigApr 30, 2019
The tech firm promised 13,000 jobs in a project involving one of the biggest public-incentive deals ever given to an international company. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Jim Hightower / OtherWordsFeb 26, 2019
After pocketing a huge taxpayer bribe from the former governor, the manufacturer all but cancels plans to build a factory in the state. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Jake Johnson / Common DreamsJan 30, 2019
After receiving billions in subsidies, the multinational acknowledges that factory jobs likely won't be returning to the Badger State. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Jacob Sugarman / TruthdigNov 13, 2018
Jeff Bezos is expanding his company to New York and D.C. in exchange for ludicrous subsidies. Only federal regulation offers a remedy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 21, 2016
The arrival of the iPhone 7 has brought unwanted attention to the company’s globalization, tax avoidance and exploitation of workers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 27, 2016
The Apple and Samsung supplier played down the job-loss aspect of the story by making it sound as though employees had been liberated to do less menial work. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJul 30, 2013
Outsourcing has allowed Apple to sometimes rank as the most profitable company in the world, but factories in China continue to drive criticism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 24, 2012
With class tensions in China running high, labor conditions under an international microscope and a new iPhone just landing in well-stitched pockets, we'll leave you to draw your own conclusions about the significance of what's being reported as a "brawl" at a Foxconn plant in northern China. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 28, 2012
Workers at a Chinese factory owned by the electronics manufacturer Foxconn threatened to leap from the roof of a building in Wuhan in a protest over wages and working conditions, echoing the tragedy of laborers who jumped to their deaths for similar reasons two years earlier at other company plants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 2, 2012
Electronics manufacturer Foxconn has taken some considerable hits to its public image in recent years as reports about shocking labor conditions at the Apple supplier's factories cropped up with more frequency than new iPad product launches. On Sunday, Foxconn's chairman said that the company is changing its ways. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 27, 2012
Even after "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," Mike Daisey's one-man staged attack on Apple's manufacturing practices, turned out to be troublingly fact-challenged, the monologist bafflingly continued to stand by his play for a time, chalking the liberties he took with the truth up to a kind of dramatic license. No longer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 19, 2012
"This American Life" host Ira Glass gave monologist Mike Daisey every opportunity to explain the lies in his "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" performance, which became the basis for one of the radio show's most popular and talked about episodes. Daisey's rationalization for lying turns out to be, like much of his show, bullshit. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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