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Apple clamps down on iSweatshops
22 August 2006
Posted by Sean McManus
Apple has admitted that staff assembling iPods in China work over 60 hours a week a third of the time. A quarter of the time, staff worked six days in a row. Apple says it is now enforcing a 'normal' 60 hour week at its supplier's factory. Apple said in a statement that it had "a zero tolerance policy for any... treatment of workers that could be interpreted as harsh".
Meanwhile, blog Think Secret alleges that Apple has fired five of its shop employees for downloading a copy of its Leopard operating system, which was given out to developers two weeks ago. Could that be interpreted as harsh?
Meanwhile, blog Think Secret alleges that Apple has fired five of its shop employees for downloading a copy of its Leopard operating system, which was given out to developers two weeks ago. Could that be interpreted as harsh?
# posted by Sean McManus at 5:31 PM 
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