As part of a pledge to comply with Chinese law and the Fair Labor Association's standards, Apple...

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Tony Petroski Comments (6373)
 
"Complying with Chinese law" is easy--the law is whatever the ruling clique says it is.

"Complying with U.S. law" is a lot trickier. For example, who would have thunk that the U.S. constitution contained requirements for taxpayer-funded condoms?
30 Mar 2012, 09:30 AM Reply Like

todd.kaime Comments (93)
 
We're going to end up hurting the Chinese worker more than help him. Report after report says those workers want as much overtime as possible. One said, "we're here to work not play." Now, we want to turn them into American style couch potatoes. Or they'll leave Foxconn for a less "compassionate" employer. One that will give them more overtime but unsafe conditions.
30 Mar 2012, 05:49 PM Reply Like

GoingLong1 Comments (33)
 
They are going to raise the wages upwards of 20% from what I read, improve housing, among other things...the work is very mundasne...so if they reduce their hours down to the legal limit of 48 hours per week, while at same time giving them a nice raise, and just in general try to change certain things to make it more humane, I suspect that workers from other suppliers will want to work at Foxconn rather than where they are at now. I think what Mr. Cook is doing is only right...and will be adopted by other suppliers in Asia...I am proud to be associated with such a company via my APPL holdings..it is a win-win move by AAPL
4 Apr 2012, 04:10 PM Reply Like