12 posts and columns on labor

Foxconn Chief Says Apple Will Share Cost of Improving Factory Conditions

in News on May 10 at 9:45 am PT

Another step forward in Apple’s effort to improve working conditions at factories in which devices like the iPhone and iPad are built.
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Inside Foxconn: Little Evidence of Abuse, but Workers Sure Want a Raise

in News on February 22 at 11:40 am PT

Tell us something we didn’t already know, “Nightline.”
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ABC’s Apple Foxconn Factory Tour, Teased (Video)

in News on February 20 at 8:04 am PT

Apple pulls back the curtain on its Chinese contractor.
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Apple Orders Foxconn Labor Inspections

in News on February 13 at 8:51 am PT

Apple has asked the Fair Labor Association to audit its overseas manufacturing partners.
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Apple CEO: Any Suggestion That We Don’t Care About Supply Chain Workers Is “Patently False”

in News on January 27 at 8:20 am PT

… And offensive, too.
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Wireless Jobs Vanish

in Mobile on July 17, 2011 at 11:25 pm PT

The U.S. wireless industry is booming as more consumers and businesses snap up smartphones, tablet computers and billions of wireless applications. But for the industry’s workers, the story is less rosy.

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Verizon Pursues Tough Line on Labor

in Mobile on July 13, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Verizon Communications Inc. is seeking some of the biggest concessions in years from its unions, stepping up pressure on organized labor as the telecom industry shifts to less labor-intensive wireless technology.

Apple Reports Progress on Supplier Responsibility, But Major Violations Doubled Last Year

in News on February 14, 2011 at 1:18 pm PT

Apple was recently accused of ignoring hazardous and unhealthy conditions at its overseas suppliers, so the company’s 2011 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report arrives at a particularly apt time.

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AT&T Workers Create “Ready to Strike” Ringtone

in News on April 10, 2009 at 4:32 pm PT

AT&T and the union representing its workers are still in contract talks, but workers have published a song, with accompanying ringtone, called “Ready to Strike,” just in case. The song’s pro-labor lyrics include “Get ready to strike, get ready to walk the line” and “Protect my health care, don’t lower my wages/Realize, recognize, mobilize, stay alive” and even a shout-out to technicians who support U-verse, AT&T’s TV service.

"Elevate America" Program Actually Elevate Microsoft Program

in News on February 23, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

Microsoft gave technical training to the 5,000 employees it plans to lay off over the next 18 months. Now it’s extending that benefit to the rest of the unemployed labor pool. On Sunday, the company announced Elevate America, a three-year job-training effort aimed at giving people the technology skills they need to survive in the job market.