Companies like Foxconn and Honda are increasingly depending on interns as cheap workforce. Interns do the same work as regular employees, but are paid lower wages and receive less social security and welfare benefits. Because…
Chairman of manufacturer Foxconn, Terry Gou, said in an interview with the Nikkei Asian Review last Sunday that the company receives financial support from Apple and Amazon in its bid for the chip making unit…
Qualcomm is suing four Apple suppliers for breach of contract for refusing to pay royalties. The four Apple suppliers are Foxconn, Pegatron, Wistron and Compal. Apple instructed the four manufacturers not to pay royalties. Apple…
Market leader in chip making TSMC is expanding. As the smartphone market is cooling, the company is looking into producing chips for High-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Co-Chief Executive of the Taiwanese company,…
Apple considers to join iPhone assembler Foxconn in its bid for Toshiba’s chip-making business. Apple might invest several billion dollars in order to buy a stake of at least 20 percent. The Taiwanese company Foxconn,…
In response to Apple’s 10th Supplier Responsibility Progress Report in 2016, Dr. Jenny Chan shows the limits of corporate self-regulation in China and highlights the responsibility of governments, corporations, unions and public consumers in protecting…
Apple stated it stopped buying cobalt from artisanal mines in Congo. Last year, reports from the Washington Post, Amnesty International, SOMO and its DRC partners ACIDH, Afrewatch, and Premicongo, revealed serious environmental damages and human rights abuses…
As a possible condition of starting local manufacturing in India, Apple considers to import and sell refurbished iPhones in the country. According to a Bloomberg source, the idea is included in Apple’s wish list of…
A collective of CSOs and trade unions is calling on the German company INFINEON to stop union busting and to reinstate the president of the union for Infineon Technologies Melaka workers. We, the 55 undersigned…