APPLE

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Originally posted by BBC
iPod 'slave' claims investigated

Apple is investigating a newspaper report that staff in some of its Chinese iPod factories work long hours for low pay and in "slave" conditions.

The article in the Mail on Sunday alleged that workers received as little as £27 a month, doing 15-hour shifts making the iconic mp3 player.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/5079590.stm

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[Capitalist Lawyer]

And i have no doubts that if Apple Computer finds that the allegations are true, Apple will drop that supplier, or see to it that the alleged conditions are reversed.

Particularly if these subcontractors are not meeting Apple, Inc.'s Supplier Code of Conduct.

http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/...erCoc111305.pdf (http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/10/107357/corpGov/AppleSupplierCoc111305.pdf)

Apple said it is "investigating the allegations regarding working conditions in the iPod manufacturing plant in China." It added, "We do not tolerate any violations of our supplier code of conduct."