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iKill IN MAY OF 2011, AN ADVOCACY GROUP IN HONG KONG PUBLISHED A REPORT WARNING OF UNSAFE CONDITIONS AT AN APPLE PRODUCT PLANT IN NEARBY CHENGDU. TWO WE EKS LATER, AN EXPLOSION AT THIS PLANT KILLED FOUR AND INJURED OVERA DOZEN OTHERS. THIS LED TO A GREAT DE AL OF SCRUTINY, AND SOME UNSAVORY RESULTS. IN 2011: THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SPENT AN ESTIMATED THE AVERAGE APPLE PLANT WORKER WOULD HAVE TO D0 $321 3 MONTHS OF WORK ON APPLE PRODUCTS JUST TO AFFORD AN IPHONE FEB MARCH 1 1 1 MEANWHILE APPLE'S REVENUE IS NEARLY 70 MILLION TIMES THAT AMOUNT AT $I08 BIL PER YEAR O = 1 BILLION AS OF LAST YEAR 156 OVERSEAS PLANTS PRODUCE APPLE PRODUCTS OF THESE FACTORIES WERE EMPLOYING CHILDREN 1/3 WERE NEGLIGENT IN HANDLING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, CAUSING WORKERS TO BECOME ILL 62% OF FACTORIES HAD LABORERS WORKING OVER 60 HOURS A WEEK DISCOURAGED BY THE POOR CONDITIONS, 18 WORKERS KILLED THEMSELVES AT AN APPLE SUPPLIER PLANT IN 2010. 18 AND IN 2011, 150 THREATENED TO DO THE SAME THIS TIME, A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE FACTORY ACCIDENT AT CHENGDU, A SIMILAR EXPLOSION OCCURRED AT AN APPLE 59 SUPPLIER IN RI-TENG. WORKERS WERE INJURED. IN THE APPLE SUPPLIER → EXPLOSION AT CHENGDU, WORKER MR. LAI WAS KILLED. AFTER HIS DEATH, THE COMPANY WIRED HIS FAMILY A CHECK. IN TWO DAYS, THE AVERAGE APPLE STORE MAKES ABOUT FOR ABOUT $150K $150K ONLINEMBAPROGRAMS.ORG REFERENCES: HTTP/Www.CHINAHEARSAY.COM/THE-NEW-APPLE-LABOR-SCANDAL-LET-THE-HAND-WRINGING-BEGIN HTTP/www. NPR ORG/RLOGS/ALLTECHCONSIDERED/2012/01/26/145924264/APPLE-CONTINUES-TO-BE-PLAGUED-BY-REPORTS-ON-LAROR-CONDITIONS HTTP://AMONETT.TYPEPAD.COM/BLOG/2012/02/WHY-PETITIONS-WONT-CHANGE-APPLES-LABOR-PRACTICES-ANYTIME-SOON.HTML HTTP//BLOGS.CGDEV.ORG/GLOBALDEVELOPMENT/2012/02/APPLE-IN-CHINA-CSR AS-A-MARKETING-TOOL PHP HTTP/www.SLATE COM/ARTICLES/TECHNOLOGY/TECHNOLOGY/2012/01/APPLE_FOXCONN_THE_IPHONE_MAKER_SHOULD DITCH_ITS_TROUBLING_LABOR_PRA CTICES AND REINVENT GADGET MANUFACTURING HTML HTTP/www.EXECUTIVECOMPENSATIONBLOG COM/2012/01/COULD-APPLES-LABOR-FLAP-SPARK-SHAREHOLDER-UNREST SHTML HTTP://MASHABLE COM/2012/01/13/APPLE-LABOR-CONDITIONS-REPORT/ HTTP://Www.TECHNOLOGYREVIEW.COM/BLOG/HELLOWORLD/2753A/ HTTP://BLOGS.CFR.ORG/RENEWING-ANERICA/2012/01/27/APPLE-CHINA-LABOR-RIGHTS-AND-U-S-WORKERS/ HTTP /www.APPLELIVEBLOG COM/FORMER-EXECUTIVES-ACCUSE-APPLE-OF-IGNORING-SUPPLIER-LABOR-ABUSES HTTP://SCM. NCSU EDU/BLOG/2012/01/18/APPLES-LABOR-AND-HUMAN-RIGHTS-NIGHTMARE-TRANSPARENCY-IS-THE-RIGHT-THING-TO-D0/ HTTP /IGRAYSON OLOGS, TUSCAL0OSANEWS COM/1 4071/APPLES-LABOR-PRACTICES-IN-CHINA-COME-INTO-QUESTION/ HTTP://MOBILEPHONEBLOG.COM.AU/TIM-COOK-ON-APPLE-LABOR-CONDITIONS-IN-CHINA-ARE-PATENTLY-FALSE-AND-OFFENSIVE/ HTTP/ANSANELYI.COM/BLOG//ENTRY-198-APPLE-ANNOUNCES- ALLIANCE-WITH-FAIR-LABOR-ASSOCIATION-FOLLOWED-BY-EMAIL-FROM-TIM-COOK-TO-EMPLOYEES/ HTTP/NOHSAD.ORG/BLOG/1/12/APPLE-JOINS-FAIR-LABOR ASSOCIATION-WILL-OTHER-IT-COMPANIES-FOLLOW-SUIT HTTP//BLOGS.NEWSOBSERVER COM/TECHJUNKIE/FOXCONN-CONTROVERSY-TAINTS-MANY-MORE-THAN-JUST-APPLE HTTP//BLOGS.KOED.ORG/NEWSFIX/2012/01/17/VIDEO-JON-STEWART-TAKES-ON-CONTROVERSIAL-APPLE-SUPPLIER-FOXCONN/ HTTP/www.MACRUMORS.COM/2012/01/31/THOUSANDS-LINE-UP-FOR-NEW-IPHONE-PRODUCTION-JOBS-AT-FOXCONN-FACILITIES-IN-CHINA/ HTTP//Www.WEBPRONEWS.COM/FOXCONN-HIRING-THOUSANDS-CLAMOR-FOR-JOBS-2012-01 HTTP//SNUFFYSMITHSBLOO. BLOGSPOT.COM/2012/01/APPLE-AND-LABOR HTML THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE.