[CS-FSLUG] Why Apple gadgets can’t be made in the U.S.

[Timothy Butler]

On Jan 25, 2012, at 12:10 AM, Marco Tedaldi wrote:

> "We had made a mistake and had a last minute change. The make this
> change for us, the producer woke up 8000 workers, gave them a little
> snack and set them to work..." and "this would not have been possible in
> the US".
> Thanx god it is not possible there! The times of owning slaves should be
> over by now! So basically, apple supports slavery like working
> conditions. Great!

Interestingly, Foxconn denies they would ever do this... I wonder...

The more disturbing issue is that it is increasingly difficult to buy stuff without buying something built by Foxconn. 

Tim