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iPod Plant Defangs Lawsuit Against Chinese Journalists

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 31, 2006 - 5:47pm.
San Francisco - Following an outpouring of negative publicity, the Chinese manufacturing plant Apple hired to make its iPods has largely taken the teeth out of a defamation lawsuit it filed against two Chinese journalists who reported on alleged sweatshop conditions at the plant, CNET News.com reported.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | iPod | Apple | China | Labor | Journalism | Manufacturing | Sweatshops | Foxconn |

iPod Plant Accused of "Sweatshop" Conditions Sues Two Chinese Journalists

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 30, 2006 - 12:59pm.
Beijing - Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturing plant that makes Apple's iPods, has filed a $3.75 million defamation lawsuit against two Chinese journalists who reported on working conditions at the plant, Wired News reported.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | iPod | Apple | China | Labor | Journalism | Manufacturing | Sweatshops |

Chinese iPod Manufacturer Foxconn Denies "Sweatshop" Claims

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 20, 2006 - 12:12pm.
Taipei, Taiwan - Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, which was reported last week to be submitting workers making Apple's iPod Nano players to "sweatshop" conditions, has denied several of the claims in the U.K. Mail on Sunday article, DigitTimes.com reported.
tags: Law | Music | iPod | Apple | China | Labor | Manufacturing | Sweatshops | Foxconn |

Apple Investigating Chinese iPod Plants After "Sweatshop" Report

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2006 - 1:57pm.
London - Apple Computer has launched an internal investigation into the working conditions at the Chinese plants where its iPods are manufactured, after an article in the U.K. newspaper Mail on Sunday reported that workers there toil 15-hour days for $50 a month in wages.
tags: Law | iPod | Apple | CE | China | Asia | Investigations | Labor | Manufacturing | Sweatshops | Foxconn | EICC |