For Apple, Switching Suppliers Meant Chasing Cheaper Labor

In an almost too predictable pattern, Apple's brand new supplier, Pegatron, is committing some very familiar labor violations because a plant that overworks and underpays is cheaper for Apple. A new report from non-profit and notable Apple-watcher China Labor Rights alleges that the iPad Mini and iPhone producer withholds worker pay, provides poor living conditions, and commits various other environmental and safety violations, reports The Wall Street Journal's Paul Mozor, Chao Deng, and Eva Dou. The whole thing sounds like some twisted Foxconn part deux. ...

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