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Foxconn Pledges to Ease Up on Factory Workers

Staff / Truthdig Apr 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 )

Mike Daisey Is Sorry, Really, This Time

Staff / Truthdig Mar 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 )

‘This American Life’: A Retraction

Staff / Truthdig Mar 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 )

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 )

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 )