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Jobs defends Foxconn "It's not factory slaves" [...] Jobs has defended the working conditions in Foxconn. "It's not a candy store - he explained - is a factory but, my gosh, has restaurants, cinemas, hospitals and swimming pools. To be a factory is very pretty." |
CHINA: JOBS, Foxconn and 'A FACTORY' Very nice (AGI) - Rancho Palos Verdes, June 2 - The number one of Apple, Steve Jobs defines Foxconn "very nice". Jobs defended the working conditions in the factory, based in Taiwan, which produces the iPhone is that it 'was scovolta by a wave of suicides. "Foxconn is not 'a candy store - Jobs says - and' a factory but, my gosh, has restaurants, cinemas, hospitals and swimming pools. To be a factory and 'nice'. The Foxconn and 'a huge company that manufactures electronic components and supplies such giants as Apple, Dell and Nokia. |
Any comments on the Foxconn suicides Which We've Been hearing so much about, Asks Kara. Apple is extraordinarily diligent and rigorous about vetting its manufacturing partners, Jobs answers. “Foxconn is not a sweatshop,” he adds. “They’ve got restaurants and swimming pools….For a factory, it’s a pretty nice factory.” |