Foxconn Played Wisconsin—With Scott Walker’s Help
Feb 26, 2019 After pocketing a huge taxpayer bribe from the former governor, the manufacturer all but cancels plans to build a factory in the state.
Foxconn Wisconsin Exposed for the Scam It’s Been From the Start
Jan 30, 2019 After receiving billions in subsidies, the multinational acknowledges that factory jobs likely won't be returning to the Badger State.
Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Shakedown of America’s Cities
Nov 13, 2018 Jeff Bezos is expanding his company to New York and D.C. in exchange for ludicrous subsidies. Only federal regulation offers a remedy.
The Ugly Truth Behind Apple’s New iPhone 7
Sep 21, 2016 The arrival of the iPhone 7 has brought unwanted attention to the company’s globalization, tax avoidance and exploitation of workers.
Robots Take Over for 60,000 Fired Foxconn Factory Workers
May 27, 2016 The Apple and Samsung supplier played down the job-loss aspect of the story by making it sound as though employees had been liberated to do less menial work.
Apple Investigates Fresh Claims of Worker Abuse in China
Jul 30, 2013 Outsourcing has allowed Apple to sometimes rank as the most profitable company in the world, but factories in China continue to drive criticism.
2,000 Workers Involved in Foxconn Brawl
Sep 24, 2012 With class tensions in China running high, labor conditions under an international microscope and a new iPhone just landing in well-stitched pockets, we'll leave you to draw your own conclusions about the significance of what's being reported as a "brawl" at a Foxconn plant in northern China.
Foxconn Workers Threaten Suicide
Apr 28, 2012 Workers at a Chinese factory owned by the electronics manufacturer Foxconn threatened to leap from the roof of a building in Wuhan in a protest over wages and working conditions, echoing the tragedy of laborers who jumped to their deaths for similar reasons two years earlier at other company plants.
Foxconn Pledges to Ease Up on Factory Workers
Apr 2, 2012 Electronics manufacturer Foxconn has taken some considerable hits to its public image in recent years as reports about shocking labor conditions at the Apple supplier's factories cropped up with more frequency than new iPad product launches. On Sunday, Foxconn's chairman said that the company is changing its ways.
Mike Daisey Is Sorry, Really, This Time
Mar 27, 2012 Even after "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," Mike Daisey's one-man staged attack on Apple's manufacturing practices, turned out to be troublingly fact-challenged, the monologist bafflingly continued to stand by his play for a time, chalking the liberties he took with the truth up to a kind of dramatic license. No longer.
