Apple Computer Factories in China

What $20 a day for pay - a college graduate working a LOT of overtime only gets $22 a WEEK at one of their biggest plants. Management doesn't even have the excuse of "not knowing" because reports going back to 1997 had huge lists of problems and every year the plants are reinspected and the problems stay the same. Nothing changes. They also can't say it is to keep the price of their products down; because, all Apple products are overpriced to begin with.

Welcome to the capitalist ideal. Doesn't surprise me in the least: it's always the "coolest" companies that are actually scum-sucking blobs of putrescence. Nike, L'Oreal, Apple... the "cooler" they are, the less they can be trusted.

I agree, it is terrible, and I find the companies who chosen to take advantage of China not ones from whom I choose to purchase products. A few years ago, I watched the movie "The High Cost of Low Price" in regards to Wal-Mart and it made me feel furious. If I have any choice other than Wal-Mart, I will always choose it. The Chinese people do not deserve to be treated the way they are in order to manufacture products for the American market. My city, chose to deny Wal-Mart a store where they wanted it, but the adjoining city, allowed them directly across the street from their original location. The people in my city appeared at the city council in mass in objection to Wal-Mart's plan for a store every 3 square miles. Wal-Mart truly in my opinion tries to put not only other stores similar to it out of business, but all businesses. I don't own a Mac and I probably never will because I can use Linux and avoid all that problem, build my own computer, and get what I want and need. My daughter has Mac and Windows PC's. The Mac is primarily for my grandson and his art programs. But considering the price to buy one, I don't think it reflects the actual cost to manufacture the product and I doubt seriously the people manufacturing it are seeing the money, the corporation is. The only way to stop these companies from doing as they do, is to boycott them. They talk with their pocketbook and we talk with ours. Unfortunately, as long as people continue to buy from these types of corporations, nothing will change and our unemployment problems will continue. In today's economy, people seem to be more interested in the pennies in their pocket than the reason it is only pennies they have to spend. The circle of economic problems continues with every purchase made from these corporations. Even many of components for electronic devices are coming from manufacturers in China. China is the one that will have to change the rules in order to stop the problem. But for now, they are more interested in feeding the masses than the working conditions. As they get their population more under control that may change, but probably won't happen in my lifetime unless the younger generation in the country stands up and demands it be different, but considering China's politics, I doubt that will happen. Thanks for the discussion.