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<title>Fair Labor Association notes progress at Foxconn plants</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/21/over.280.improvements.made.on.or.ahead.of.schedule/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/foxconn-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's industry-leading membership in the Fair Labor Association (FLA), which promised audits of Chinese companies that acted as suppliers to a number of electronics manufacturers including the iPad maker, has resulted in a progress report that finds evidence of genuine progress. The report found substantial improvements, including some ahead of schedule....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Foxconn labor conditions barely improved, says SACOM</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/31/bosses.imposing.humiliating.discipline.on.workers.group.says/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1202/ABC-Nightline-Apple-China-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Little has changed at Foxconn since it and Apple agreed to make changes in the wake of a Fair Labor Association report, says Student &amp; Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour.  The activist group recently visited several Foxconn factories and interviewed 170 workers, and claims that rights violations "remain the norm," involving high production targets, inhumane treatment, and evidence of broad sa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FLA publishes finished report on labor conditions at Foxconn</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/29/promises.shorter.hours.better.health.and.safety/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1203/foxconn-worker.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Fair Labor Association has announced the results of its investigation into labor problems at Apple's major manufacturing partner, Foxconn.  The full probe is said to have taken almost a month, and found "excessive overtime and problems with overtime compensation; several health and safety risks; and crucial communication gaps that have led to a widespread sense of unsafe working conditions amo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ABC News runs clarifications, responses to 'iFactory' story</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/23/apple.foxconn.clarify.correct.minor.points/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/ABC-Nightline-Apple-China-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[ABC's recent Nightline story that showed exactly how Apple's iOS devices are put together in factories in China revealed little that was unknown to tech-savvy viewers, and was generally perceived as even-handed and non-sensationalistic in showing the plusses and minuses for workers. The network has since, however, appended some comments from Apple, Foxconn and the Fair Labor Association on minor p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Foxconn hid underage workers before FLA tour, group says</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/22/workers.reassigned.given.unusual.privileges/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1110/foxconnin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Underage Foxconn workers were transferred to other departments or not scheduled to work overtime in advance of inspections by the Fair Labor Association, an activist group tells AppleInsider. Students &amp; Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior project officer Debby Sze Wan Chan says that last week, she heard from two Foxconn workers in Zhenghou who said the company prepared itself before the FLA arr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ABC gets rare media access to Apple supply chain</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/18/abcs.nightline.gets.special.access.to.apple.ops/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/foxconn-worker.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The ABC TV network has announced that it will be screening a special edition of Nightline next week focusing on working conditions in Appleís supply chain. The network received special permission from Apple, giving it rare media access to the inner workings of where Appleís products are made. Network anchor Bill Weir took a film crew with him into factories on Shenzhen China, claiming that he is t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fair Labor Association: Foxconn has 'tons of issues'</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/17/apple.auditor.fla.says.foxconn.needs.to.be.fixed/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/foxconn-worker.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Fair Labor Association chief Auret van Heerden updated his opinions in a conversation on Friday that signaled possibly drastic action ahead.  In talking to Bloomberg, he partly rescinded an earlier warm reaction and said the group was "finding tons of issues" at the contract manufacturer.  He wouldn't say what these were, but he anticipated "very significant announcements" soon....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SumOfUs criticizes FLA head, plans new petition deliveries</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/16/accuses.fla.of.incentives.to.approve.foxconn/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1111/foxconnworker.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Activist group SumOfUs has issued a statement criticizing the president of the Fair Labor Association, Auret van Heerden, for initially approving of Foxconn factory conditions.  Even though the FLA is just beginning its study, based on early tours, van Heerden has already claimed that Foxconn plants are "first-class" with conditions "way, way above average of the norm."  A finished FLA report is o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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