{"id":1133,"date":"2012-01-28T09:23:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T09:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/28\/apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:29:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:29:16","slug":"apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/01\/28\/apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a style=\"font-weight:bold;font-size:16px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/1069442021\/apple-s-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/1069442021\/apple-s-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.scoop.it\/mcSKwaNoYLYNY-isETqV0jl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt\" \/><\/a><br \/> A staggering manufacturing system in China has made it possible for Apple and other companies to make devices almost as quickly as they can be dreamed up, but for workers, it can be dangerous. \u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/26\/business\/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?_r=2&amp;ref=business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via nytimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; Liberties A staggering manufacturing system in China has made it possible for Apple and other companies to make devices almost as quickly as they can be dreamed up, but for workers, it can be dangerous. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/01\/28\/apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1648,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/06\/05\/workers-in-chinese-apple-factories-forced-to-sign\/","url_meta":{"origin":1133,"position":0},"title":"Workers in Chinese Apple factories forced to sign pledges not to commit suicide","author":"aslam","date":"June 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesAt least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China have killed themselves in the last 16 months as a result of horrendous working conditions.Show original","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":270,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2015\/04\/06\/how-china-is-screwing-over-its-poisoned-factory\/","url_meta":{"origin":1133,"position":1},"title":"How China Is Screwing Over Its Poisoned Factory Workers | WIRED","author":"aslam","date":"April 6, 2015","format":"link","excerpt":"The making of the device from which I\u2019m posting this may have poisoned the people who made it.How China Is Screwing Over Its Poisoned Factory Workers | WIRED","rel":"","context":"In \"China\"","block_context":{"text":"China","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/tag\/china\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1261,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/12\/17\/police-abuse-of-sex-workers-a-global-reality\/","url_meta":{"origin":1133,"position":2},"title":"Police Abuse of Sex Workers: A Global Reality, Widely Ignored | RH Reality Check","author":"aslam","date":"December 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties Sex workers deserve the basic respect and protection from violence that each nation owes its citizens. 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