Inside a Foxconn Factory

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2012 A look inside Foxconn gives us a new perspective on workers' conditions; one solution to the "right to be forgotten" dilemma may be to implement mandatory online insurance; meanwhile, a Columbia grad in New York has been converting pay phone booths into libraries. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Apple’s China Comes Home to Haunt Us

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 16, 2012 China’s labor practices are now to be admired rather than scorned, lest the American economy decline further in the new world order. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Apple Does Not Need Your Money to Treat Workers Fairly

BLANK Feb 2, 2012 We've learned a lot in the last few weeks about the inhumane treatment suffered by the workers who polish, assemble and build Apple's iPhones and iPads. Troubled consumers have generously offered to pay more for those products to offset the cost to Apple should it choose to treat its workers fairly, but there's really no need. (more)Apple makes more than enough money to do the right thing. It just doesn't. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The iPad’s Human Cost

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2012 Deadly conditions, long hours, cramped quarters and little pay. Reports of Apple suppliers’ derelict manufacturing practices and their devastating effects on Chinese factory workers have been appearing in the press for a while now. After an explosion that killed a supervisor in charge of iPad construction in Chengdu, The New York Times adds a new exhibit to the case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple Lets the World In on Its Supply Chain

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2012 In a bid to increase transparency and overcome some dreadful PR from recent years about certain components of its global supply chain, Apple Inc. posted a lengthy "2012 Progress Report" about labor practices, working conditions and company ethics on its main website Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2012 The name Steve Jobs has been sweet on the lips of techno-capitalist fankids pining for a cultural hero since long before the Apple CEO succumbed to cancer late last year. Since his death, an author and an actor have taken some of the first shots at shaping his legacy. With an eye on the man’s cruelty toward his employees at home and abroad, n+1 reviewer Gary Sernovitz tries to fill in the blanks.Since his death, an author and an actor have taken some of the first shots at shaping Steve Jobs' legacy. With an eye on the man’s cruelty toward his employees at home and abroad, Gary Sernovitz tries to fill in the blanks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

More Trouble for iPhone Manufacturer

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2010 Hong Kong-based electronics manufacturer Hon Hai is hitting back at new reports that working conditions at its Foxconn plants in China, where iPhones come from and where an employee suicide spree made news in recent months, haven't gotten better. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: The Supermodel and the (Alleged) Cannibal

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2010 Stephen Colbert may tip his hat to Taiwanese electronics maker Foxconn for its creative and multipronged solutions to its employee suicide problems, but naughty Naomi Campbell and her dictator-grade diamonds (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

10th Suicide Rocks Chinese Company

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2010 Although Terry Gou, chairman of the Taiwan-based electronics maker Foxconn, visited the suicide-plagued branch of his company in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday in an attempt to get to the root of the ongoing tragedy, answers aren't coming fast enough (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple Admits to Using Child Labor

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2010 Something's rotten in the Apple empire -- a few things, actually. For starters, the technology titan revealed that at least 11 children, who the company claimed were 15 years old, were employed in three Apple-affiliated factories in undisclosed locations. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Phone to Die For

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2009 After losing a prototype iPhone, a Chinese product manager for Apple's overseas manufacturer killed himself by jumping from his apartment window. Apple doesn't directly manufacture its products, but the company's notorious and sometimes belligerent devotion to secrecy isn't playing well in light of reports that Sun Danyong, 25, was harassed before his death by security personnel from his employer's parent firm. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )