I am not going to comment one way or the other on this matter. Just bringing it to your attention, and you can come to your own conclusions.
Apple is allegedly using Chinese sweatshops to produce their iPods. According to ZDNet, these sweatshops in China are allegedly paying their workers, which happen to mainly be female, as little as 27 pounds per month. In American dollars, that’s about $50. These alleged sweat shops have a total “population” of 200,000 workers. They work 15 hour days and are secured by armed guards. Visitors are not permitted. When they go home, they live in dormatories that house 100 workers a piece.
If these allegations are true, this could dim Apple’s bright appearance and hurt business. For those of you weilding iPods, hearing this news, how does your little companion look to you know? Will you ever look at Apple Computer the same?
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More sympathetic I could not be about sweatshops in general, but the reality is that almost every company whose label says ‘Made in China’ is doing the same thing.
Just all the more reason to buy Made in the USA.
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Although you make a valid point about purhcasing products that are made in the USA, The US also has many operational “Sweatshops”… just thought I’d throw that out there.
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Erin-
You are absolutely correct. I am sure that the sweatshops Apple Computer maintains is not the first or last sweatshop ever to exist in the USA. However, you didn’t answer my question. How do you feel about the fact that your bubblegum-pink iPod was made in a sweatshop? How do you feel about Apple Computer in general now?
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