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Apple Faces New Protests for Working Conditions

HeadlineFeb 24, 2012

And the tech giant Apple is facing a new wave of protests over conditions at the Foxconn factory in China where some of its products are made. Protesters gathered outside a meeting of Apple shareholders in California Thursday calling for better working conditions.

Benazir Vohra: “I would really love it if Apple would produce their products in a way that were more in line with my values. I really don’t think that in order to make a good enough profit and make a high-quality product, they have to use the chemicals that they do. I don’t think that they have to exploit workers the way they do, with overtime and low wages.”

Heidi Perlmutter: “We’re here because we cannot stand the conditions that these phones are built under. We are working people ourselves, and we think that people deserve a good salary. They deserve, especially, safe conditions.”

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