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Explosion At Pegatron’s iPad Plant Hospitalizes 23 Workers [Report]
A Pegatron plant in Shanghai, China, where rear panels for Apple’s iPad will be manufactured, suffered an explosion over the weekend which hospitalized 23 workers and injured a further 38. Though the...
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The Biggest Apple Stories Of 2011 [Year In Review]
Wow! 2011 has been one of the most interesting years in recent memory for Apple Inc. Of course the death of Apple’s co-founder, Steve Jobs, stands out as one of the most important events of the year...
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23-Year-Old Becomes Latest Foxconn Worker To Commit Suicide
Worker suicides are still a problem for Foxconn. Foxconn has confirmed that a 23-year-old worker committed suicide this week by jumping from his apartment in the southwestern city of Chengdu. The...
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Two Shenzhen Workers Reportedly Jump From Foxconn Factory Roofs After Reduced...
Apple and Foxconn’s jumper problem might not be a thing of the past after all, as reports over the weekend broke that two workers have jumped from the roof of Foxconn’s Shenzhen factory on Friday in...
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After Recent Suicides, Foxconn Stops Forcing Workers From Fraternizing
Foxconn is notorious for its tough working conditions and labor practices, but the company has started relaxing on some of its strict factory rules after two recent suicides occurred at its Zhengzhou...
View Article‘No foul play’ involved in employee death at Apple HQ
Investigators have deemed yesterday’s shock death of an employee at Apple’s 1 Infinite Loop headquarters to be not suspicious, suggesting that it was the result of a suicide. “After further...
View ArticleApple HQ suicide victim has been identified
The tragic death at Apple’s 1 Infinite Loop headquarters this week has been identified by police as 25-year-old software engineer Edward Thomas Mackowiak. Police were called to Apple’s HQ at 8.35am on...
View ArticleLatest Foxconn suicide raises concerns about working conditions
Another Foxconn worker committed suicide over the weekend at the firm’s phone assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China, according to U.S.-based Chinese workers’ rights organization China Labor Watch (CLW)....
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