Scathing report about working conditions in Apple's Foxconn...

Apple's main electronics supplier has promised to dramatically increase pay and improve conditions for its Chinese workers following a string of suicides at its factories and a damning report into its employment practices.

The Taiwanese company Foxconn produces most of the parts for Apple's iPad and other products but in recent months has become a source of growing embarrassment for the technology giant as allegations of "sweatshop" conditions mounted.

At least 15 workers have killed themselves in recent years and in January of this year 150 more threatened to hurl themselves from the roof of their factory in protest over the poor working environment.

 In the face of a global backlash, Apple agreed to join the Fair Labour Association (FLA), a monitoring group that sent inspectors into three of Foxconn's 13 Chinese factories. Full story...

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