Apple Won’t Turn ‘Blind Eye’ to Supply-Chain Problems, Cook Says
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Apple Inc. is “attacking problems” with conditions at its supply factories and is committed to educating workers about their rights, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said in an e-mail to his employees.
The letter, carried on the website 9to5mac.com, comes amid criticism of conditions at plants in China that help make Apple devices such as iPhones and iPads. Employees work excessive overtime, have died in factory explosions and live in crowded dormitories, the New York Times reported on its website Jan. 25.