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Apple To Split Costs With Foxconn To Improve Labor Conditions
Apple and their primary supplier Foxconn Technology Group will share the initial costs of improving labor conditions at the Chinese factories that build iPhones and iPads. Foxconn CEO Terry Gou did not give a figure for the costs, but they said that the companies will be spending heavily to fight a perception that their plants in China are considered sweatshops with poor conditions.
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REPORT: New iPhone Coming In September, 7″ iPad In August
Apple supplier Pegatron has reportedly landed orders for the next-generation iPhone in September. Foxconn is supposedly manufacturing a new 7-inch iPad in August. DigiTimes reported the rumors after citing sources in the Taiwan technology supply chain. The report also claims that a new 10-inch iPad will arrive in the fourth quarter of 2012 and is being manufactured by Pegatron. Apple’s current 9.7-inch iPad received an update this past March with a Retina display and 4G LTE. It is just known as “Apple iPad,” but is often referred to as the iPad 3. The 7″ iPad will supposedly have a screen resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels.
Foxconn Factory In Brazil To Be Located On Steve Jobs Avenue
Foxconn, the company that builds iPods, iPads, iPhones, and MacBooks, will soon operate on “Steve Jobs Avenue” in the city of Jundiaí, which is in southeast Brazil. The idea for naming the street after Steve Jobs was presented last October, one day after he passed away and it was approved by Jundiaí’s city council on March 27. The street was previously named after former Jundiaí mayor Miguel Moubadda Haddad.
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WATCH: How An iPad Is Made
Video journalist Rob Schmitz has filmed an iPad being made in a Foxconn factory. Schmitz did a close-up feature on Foxconn for American Public Media’s Marketplace. Foxconn has 240,000 workers and 50,000 of them live on campus in dorm rooms.
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Foxconn Workers Not Happy With Drops In Overtime Hours
Amidst media pressure, Foxconn has dropped overtime hours for 1.2 million mainland Chinese workers while promising them compensation that would protect them against losing income. This plan was backed by Apple, which has been highly criticized for the treatment of workers at Foxconn. Foxconn is the manufacturing company Apple uses for the manufacturing of iPhones, iPads, iPods, and laptops.
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REPORT: Apple TV Set Will Be Coming Out Next Year
The Apple television set will be released next year according to Asian research group CLSA instead of this year, which is different from what most analysts are saying. CLSA is also saying that Foxconn parent company Hon Hai deciding to invest in Sharp is further evidence that an Apple TV set is coming. Sharp is supposedly going to be providing the panels for Apple’s TV set. Below is a note from CLSA:
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Apple, FLA, and Foxconn Respond To ABC Report
This past Monday, ABC aired Bill Weir’s expedition to the Foxconn factory in China where the iPad is manufactured [video]. Weir reported some of the rough work conditions that employees at Foxconn are dealing with. However this is considered one of the more prestigious jobs in the country. Since the report was aired, Apple, Foxconn, and the Fair Labor Association has responded.
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Foxconn Factory Workers Claim They Hid Underage Employees When FLA Came To Inspect
Foxconn factory workers are claiming that their employer had transferred underage employees to other departments or did not schedule them to work overtime in order to avoid discovery during the recent inspections by the Fair Labor Association. Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) project officer Debby Sze Wan Chan reported this claim to AppleInsider today. SACOM is an NGO based in Hong Kong that was formed in 2005. Essentially Foxconn was prepared for the inspection by the FLA.
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ABC To Air Documentary About Apple’s Supply Chain On February 21st
This past January, the New York Times published a tough report about the conditions at Foxconn’s manufacturing factories that are used for building Apple’s iPads and iPhones. The report by the New York Times interviewed former Apple executives and it made Apple look pretty bad. Now Apple is granting ABC Nightline full access to their Chinese supply chain. ABC’s Bill Weir traveled to Shenzhen, China for an exclusive look in Apple’s supply chain.
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Foxconn Raises Wages Under Scrutiny Of Fair Labor Association
The employees over at Foxconn Technology Group will start seeing their wages increase by 16-25% this month. This is the third rise in wages since 2010. Foxconn is best known for manufacturing Apple’s iPhones and iPads. Foxconn is currently being investigated by the Fair Labor Association.
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