Labor unrest in China

Apple assembly plant conditions still harsh in China-activists

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HONG KONG - Working conditions at Foxconn's gargantuan Chinese factories that assemble Apple Inc's slick gadgets have barely improved despite pledges this year to halt labor violations, workers' rights activists and employees said on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Apple assembly plant conditions still harsh in China-activists

HONG KONG, May 31 - Working conditions at Foxconn's gargantuan Chinese factories that assemble Apple Inc's slick gadgets have barely improved despite pledges this year to halt labour violations, workers' rights activists and employees said on Thursday.

31 May 2012

Apple, Foxconn set new standard for Chinese workers

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc and its main contract manufacturing Foxconn agreed to tackle violations of conditions among the 1.2 million workers assembling iPhones and iPads in a landmark decision that could change the way Western companies do business in China. | Video

30 Mar 2012

Apple, Foxconn set new standard for Chinese workers

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc and its main contract manufacturing Foxconn agreed to tackle violations of conditions among the 1.2 million workers assembling iPhones and iPads in a landmark decision that could change the way Western companies do business in China.

30 Mar 2012

UPDATE 5-Apple, Foxconn set new standard for Chinese workers

* If commitments kept, sets new bar for Western firms in China

30 Mar 2012

Apple, Foxconn revamp China work conditions

SAN FRANCISCO - In a landmark development for the way Western companies do business in China, Apple Inc said on Thursday it had agreed to work with partner Foxconn to tackle wage and working condition violations at the factories that produce its popular products. | Video

29 Mar 2012

UPDATE 2-Apple, Foxconn revamp China work conditions

* If commitments kept, sets new bar for Western cos in China

29 Mar 2012

Apple's Foxconn workers want to work more, dislike food

SAN FRANCISCO - The Chinese workers who assemble Apple Inc's iPads and iPhones are young, mostly male and a large number of them do not live in their employer Foxconn Technology Group's much-maligned dormitories.

29 Mar 2012

Apple's Foxconn workers want to work more, dislike food

SAN FRANCISCO, March 29 - The Chinese workers who assemble Apple Inc's iPads and iPhones are young, mostly male and a large number of them do not live in their employer Foxconn Technology Group's much-maligned dormitories.

29 Mar 2012

Foxconn not off hook after radio retraction, critics say

TAIPEI - Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads, is not off the hook after a U.S. radio show retracted a program critical of working conditions at one of its Chinese factories.

19 Mar 2012