The British news giant BBC recently released a documentary that revealed appalling working conditions at the Chinese factory Pegatron, one of the most prominent suppliers of Apple Inc. AAPL.
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Apple’s Response
One of Apple’s senior VP, Jeff Williams, "released a response to the documentary, saying, “Like many of you, Tim and I were deeply offended by the suggestion that Apple would break a promise to the workers in our supply chain or mislead our customers in any way.”Yoon shared her experience of visiting some of these factories saying, “I haven’t been specifically to that factory. However, I have been in and out of a lot of the factories of Apple’s suppliers, so I am quite familiar with the supply-chain there and most of the workers [...] especially outside of say Foxconn’s factory, have told me that the jobs are actually quite well paying by local standards. Though the work is very repetitive, it’s very stressful because of they are making a highly specialized product.”
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