click the above link to sign the change.org petition. Mark Shields, a self-described member of the “cult of Mac,” started a petition on Change.org demanding Apple exert its influence on its suppliers to improve working conditions for the factory workers that make iPhones, iPads and other Apple products. people are losing the function of their hands due to the long hours and repetitive nature of their work. some are committing suicide. since when do we live by the motto: gadgets > human life? One current executive told the New York Times that there’s a trade-off: “You can either manufacture in comfortable, worker-friendly factories,” he said, or you can “make it better and faster and cheaper, which requires factories that seem harsh by American standards. And right now, customers care more about a new iPhone than working conditions in China.” I know that last statement does not describe y’all; sign the petition to urge Apple to change their ways.
Posted on Saturday, 28 January 2012
