Foxconn's Chairman, Terry Gou, has announced the company will continue to raise worker salaries, even though it planned to reduce overtime hours available to workers, in response to findings from the Fair Labor Association (FLA) audits, notes Reuters. "We are a saying now in the company, 'you work fewer hours, but get more pay'," Gou told...
It has been widely known Apple was the first tech company to join the Fair Labor Association, as revealed in the release of the 2012 Supplier Responsibility Report. When ABC went 'on the ground' in China to observe Foxconn factories, they just happened to run into the FLA while an audit was being conducted, which...
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been busy with his recent visit to China, and now Bloomberg reports he made a visit to a new Foxconn iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China. The new Foxconn Zhengzhou Technology Park employs 120,000 people, and is home to the iPhone production line, according to Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu. Zhengzhou is...
According to a report by Meio Bit (via MacRumors), Apple has started selling made in Brazil 8 GB iPhone 4 handsets through its online store in Brazil, with black and white models as MD128BR/A and MD198BR/A respectively. The reference number MD198BR was previously seen on a leaked iPhone 4 from Brazil. However, as the source notes, Apple's decision to start...
Last night we detailed notes from ABC Nightline's visit to Foxconn factories in Shenzhen, China. ABC has posted the full video on their site but it's limited to US viewers only. Below is the full video posted to YouTube, available to all--check it out before it gets pulled:
Update 1: A report from AppleInsider claims underage workers were 'hidden' in anticipation of the FLA audit. Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) project officer Debby Sze Wan Chan relayed the claims in a recent interview withAppleInsider. SACOM is a Hong Kong-based NGO that was formed in 2005 and has been researching labor rights...
A new report from Reuters has revealed that Foxconn, the leading manufacturer maker of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, has raised wages of its factory workers in China by 16% to 25%. Foxconn confirmed on Friday that it has raised wages to 1,800 yuan ($285) per month and may again raise them above 2,200 yuan ($349) for workers who pass...
Apple recently noted the Fair Labor Association would begin audits of its supply chain factories in China, an industry first. Now, Apple is taking a further step towards transparency by giving exclusive access to ABC 'Nightline'. Bill Weir is the first journalist ever inside factories in Shenzhen, China to get a real glimpse at what...
Apple has initiated the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to start inspections of Foxconn factories in Shenzen and Chengdu, China, as announced earlier this morning in a press release. Inspections are to begin on Monday morning in Shenzhen by teams of FLA experts. “We believe that workers everywhere have the right to a safe and fair...
Foxconn just had a hacker group called SwaggSec gain access to some of their sensitive information, as of yesterday evening. The information contained in the dump includes logins and passwords to various servers and intranet sites. 9To5Mac were able to find this from one of the servers: They also located the details for Foxconn's CEO...
Even with the release of its Supplier Responsibility Progress Report, Apple continues to be targeted by the media. The New York Times wrote a lengthy piece that Tim Cook vehemently responded to, and now CNN has their own report that includes interviews with employees from Foxconn, responsible for manufacturing iPhones and iPads: After three weeks...
Apple's major iPhone / iPad parts suppliers Foxconn is reportedly planning to build at least 5 more manufacturing facilities in Brazil in order to meet Apple's growing iPad production demands (via AppleInsider). These factories are expected to produce approximately 400 million iPad units in the next five years. In addition to helping supply Apple with iPads,...
