“We’ve known about labor abuses in some factories for four years, and they’re still going on. Why? Because the system works for us.
You can either manufacture in comfortable, worker-friendly factories, or you can reinvent the product every year, and make it better and faster and cheaper, which requires factories that seem harsh by American standards…And right now, customers care more about a new iPhone than working conditions in China.
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former and current Apple executives
Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com
