Tea Leaf Nation

Is Foxconn playing fast and loose with worker compensation? The silver lining of the Mike Daisey “I’m an entertainer not a journalist” debacle is arguably the scrutiny it brings to labor conditions at Foxconn, one of the main contractors for Apple. In February, in response to a firestorm of criticism brought about in part by [...]

The narrative behind some of the world’s most coveted consumer electronics has turned even grimmer. On January 2, over 150 workers in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, threatened to jump en masse from a factory roof, alleging that the manufacturer reneged on promised pay. It took the intermediation of the city mayor, backed by a [...]