Pegatron caught off-guard by news that the Fair Labor Association is auditing Apple's suppliers
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23 Comments
1. remixfa posted on 14 Feb 2012, 06:57 0
it did work it out already. apple has approved of this the entire time. why is that so hard to understand?
2. tluv00 posted on 14 Feb 2012, 08:10 2
If Apple has the power to force this company to shift another product line then they have the power to improve the conditions in each and every factory.
3. remixfa posted on 14 Feb 2012, 08:44 3
they always have. why havent they? because they obviously dont care about working conditions. none of this info is new to apple, they are aware of what is happening at their suppliers.
8. gallitoking posted on 14 Feb 2012, 11:39 1
is the past let it go.. remix... change is coming.. be happy quit the hating
9. remixfa posted on 14 Feb 2012, 11:46 3
the past? is it over? are all the atrocities and horrible working conditions done?
oh, they are not. its not the past galllto. it is the present and the forseeable future. forgive me if im a little hesitant to think that things will actually change.
13. gallitoking posted on 14 Feb 2012, 16:05 1
the world will never be perfect.. you think this is the only issue regarding exploitation of workers.. if you really want to do something start in the States.. here there are of jobs... that mistreat their employees.. I can give address so you can start super remix...since you seem to care so much... also South Africa and most of South America need your help...
15. thephoneguy92 posted on 14 Feb 2012, 17:21 0
I wonder how you would act if this was Android in the news gallito...
18. gallitoking posted on 14 Feb 2012, 18:06 0
Walmart does it too.. and I still shop at Walmart..heck I even price match
19. remixfa posted on 14 Feb 2012, 18:12 0
Walmart does what? work slaves to death on an assembly line? got proof? walmart is a reseller. they dont really make anything
22. gallitoking posted on 14 Feb 2012, 18:47 0
not giving you the answer when your Android device has google.. google it.. ( btw) u never responded to my emaill.. punk
16. remixfa posted on 14 Feb 2012, 18:03 0
better to take even a minor stand and be able to look myself in the mirror for the products I buy, instead of being an apathetic chicken head that knowingly contributes to the problem. what if that was one of your kids in that factory? would u still be so apathetic I wonder? or is it just easy to keep your head in the sand because its not in front of you.
I will gladly pay for your air fair if you can work on the assembly line in chenzen for an entire month.
20. gallitoking posted on 14 Feb 2012, 18:13 0
if you want to eliminate something,.... go to the bottom of the problem don't do band aid solutions... don't take a stand you just because you can.. FoxxConn does that to employees because their laws/government allows them.. so please take the I care argument somewhere else... I can say I care just to get sympathy but when I do know my sympathy doesn't pay their rent or feed their kids
21. remixfa posted on 14 Feb 2012, 18:37 1
your logic is flawed as always. the only way to change is to cut off the money supply. you go petition the Chinese government and ill cut off apples money supply until they treat humans ethically. we will see who gets better results.
chicken head
23. thephoneguy92 posted on 15 Feb 2012, 14:29 0
And again, remix actually makes sense, where as gallito is just saying the same old thing. Apple can EASILY change the conditions of their factories. Hell, they moved an entire line of someone elses products out of their warehouse, if they wanted to they could change the conditions. But they don't. And sure, you can blame the government for letting it happen, but you must also blame Apple for doing it. Your love for apple has bred something very wrong inside of you. You are blind to what they are doing, and you refuse to face the facts, even when people's lives are at stake.
17. RazaAsad posted on 14 Feb 2012, 18:05 1
two wrongs don`t make one right.
4. PAPINYC posted on 14 Feb 2012, 08:54 1
"This is the kind of power Apple wields over its suppliers, so if it is really serious about improving working conditions, and the FLA finds discrepancies in that respect, it will probably be able to work it out with Foxconn and Pegatron."
In other words, the Fair Labor Association will be iBribed by Apple and when more employees commit iSuiCiDe their bodies will be quietly iDumped in the Zhu Jiang river.
14. JC557 posted on 14 Feb 2012, 16:18 0
hehe, there's actually a company that's called iRiver.
5. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Feb 2012, 10:08 1
It will be interesting to watch this audit process unfold. There will inevitably be violations found. Then there will be a big PR event where the partners say they will remedy the violations. The question is what kind of follow-up mechanism will be put in place?
6. remixfa posted on 14 Feb 2012, 10:55 2
the bigger question to me is what exactly is thought of as a "violation". i highly doubt that they will be using american standards. will they be using chinese standards or foxconn standards. will they be allowed in every part of the factory and able to ask any worker at random, or will they be led through a tour on rails and be fed info by hand picked workers? i want details!
7. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Feb 2012, 11:38 0
I imagine PRC labor law will be used. Unknown is how 'unfettered' worker access is. Will there be a company minder at each interview? That will be where the fireworks occur.
Time to stock up on popcorn. This has only just begun.
10. Uzzelien posted on 14 Feb 2012, 12:05 0
They're not going to see the real Foxcon they're going to be going to the same place Foxcon takes the media people to. The factory that looks nice and where people are
"happy". Then there is the real one where people are basic slave labor and try to jump off their "dorm" only to be caught by a net.
11. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Feb 2012, 12:53 1
This article is about another Apple 'partner' - Pegatron. Foxconn is still to come. They are probably going to be interviewed last so that the trouble-makers can be weeded out and the nets taken down. Stalag 17 as it were.
