Tag: inspector
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Apple Lets Labor Watchdog Audit Chinese Suppliers’ Factories
Apple CEO Tim Cook is betting that monthly updates on hours worked, audits and focus on firing offenses like hiring underage workers will limit any damage from an emerging supply chain controversy. Cook, speaking at a Goldman Sachs investment conference, reiterated that Apple “takes working conditions very seriously.” The company on Monday outlined a plan…
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japan disaster: radiation update
American somnambulists live as if radiation is a far away problem. An Inspector unit records 178 times background radiation on August 20th, 2011 in St. Louis, MO. The reading dispels wishful thinking; perhaps there’s no problem. We’re living in a radioactive age. Americans conduct themselves as if our leadership will look after them? In reality,…