Foxconn hires more workers to prep for new iPhone, says WSJ – CNET

Wall Street Journal Foxconn hires more workers to prep for new iPhone, says WSJCNETApple’s next-generation iPhone has already prompted supplier Foxconn to bump up its ranks. Also known as Hon Hai Precision, the Taiwan-based supplier confirmed today that it has hired around 10,000 employees for the assembly line at its factory in …Foxconn Steps Up […]

The Truth About iPhone Factory Workers – Cult of Mac

The Truth About iPhone Factory WorkersCult of MacThe Apple iPhone has become the poster child for the problems of Chinese and American labor. One strain of conventional wisdom goes that while rich, entitled Western elites whine and complain over trivial issues like maps and purple haze on screens, …and more » View full post on iphone […]

Foxconn workers strike over iPhone 5 demands, labor group says – CNN

NEWS.com.au Foxconn workers strike over iPhone 5 demands, labor group saysCNNNEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Thousands of factory workers at Foxconn went on strike Friday to protest their working conditions on the iPhone 5’s production lines, according to a report from an independent workers’ rights organization. Workers at Foxconn’s …Foxconn denies worker unrest slowed iPhone assemblyUSA […]

China workers poisoned at iPhone factory – Straits Times

The Guardian China workers poisoned at iPhone factoryStraits TimesThey were exposed to a toxic chemical agent known as n-hexane, which was used to clean glass screens of the iPhone. ‘We’ve stopped using n-hexane, and the cleaning agent has been substituted with alcohol, even though it is less effective,’ the official …Apple iPhone Poisons WorkersChannelNewsiPhone Assemblers […]