Aral Balkan

I hear it's big in China where Apple is reportedly manufacturing all sorts of lovely toys for us, using "200,000 workers, who work 15-hour days but are paid just $50 a month -- miserable even by China's standards." Sweat shops? Apple? Think different, dudes!

Comments

• Awwwww....ignorance was bliss!!! Greed is a sob isn't it?

  by LEE on 2006-06-14 03:06:35

• Then again, this was reported by the Mail on Sunday... so its all doom and gloom and the evilness of Apple. Season with a pinch of salt.

  by Mark Drew on 2006-06-14 09:26:46

• Hi Mark: Actually what suprised me was that this was reported in the Mail on Sunday, which is one of the most (if not the most) conservative/right-wing newspapers in the UK.

  by aral on 2006-06-14 10:17:40

• Apple has apparently responded that it is "committed to ensuring that working conditions in our supply chain are safe, workers are treated with respect and dignity, and manufacturing processes are environmentally responsible" and that it "does not tolerate any violations of its supplier code of conduct". Read the code of conduct here (Direct link to PDF). I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of this.

  by aral on 2006-06-14 10:26:29

• I think if they outsourced it to some supplier in china that mistreats the workers, they will change, Apple are that kind of company, they wouldnt want to live down the bad PR. Pah, there goes the price of a new iPod shooting up!

  by Mark Drew on 2006-06-14 15:24:29