News tagged with working conditions
Artist hits back at critics after Apple firestorm
(AP) -- Mike Daisey, the performer forced to admit that he made up parts of his one-man show that purported to expose horrific working conditions in Chinese factories where iPads and iPhones are assembled, ...
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Apple says it has created half a million US jobs
Apple, which relies on Asian contractors to manufacture its iPhones and iPads, said in a report released Friday that it has directly or indirectly created 514,000 jobs in the United States though its gadget ecosystem.
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Fears for safety at Fukushima one year on
To some of the men who earn as little as $100 a day to work inside Japan's Fukushima Daiichi, the plant at the centre of a year-old nuclear disaster is far from safe -- despite the official line.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Apple chief says factory labor under scrutiny
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Tuesday that ensuring safe working conditions at plants making its coveted gadgets is a priority, as an audit of a key supplier continued in China.
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Petitions protest Apple working conditions in China
Petitions denouncing working conditions at Chinese factories making Apple gadgets were delivered to the California firm's new Grand Central Station store on Thursday.
Feb 09, 2012 |
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'We care about every worker': Apple CEO
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has responded to media reports alleging harsh working conditions in China for manufacturing employees of the popular gadget-maker.
Jan 28, 2012 |
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Taiwan's Hon Hai looks to robot industry
The parent company of Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn plans to mass produce industrial robots as part of its efforts to cope with labour shortages and rising wages.
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Researchers find that many minority teachers sign on but do not stay
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from the University of Pennsylvania has found that success in recruiting minority teachers for low-income schools is being undone by continuing problems with teacher retention.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Foxconn cut from Hong Kong's benchmark index
Foxconn International, the world's biggest contract electronics supplier, has lost its blue-chip status after being dropped from Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (HSI), an HSI official said Wednesday.
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Restricted working hours have had little effect in US
Reducing doctors' working hours from over 80 a week does not seem to have adversely affected patient safety and has had limited impact on postgraduate training in the United States, finds a study published in the British ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Impact of a bad job on mental health as harmful as no job at all
The impact on mental health of a badly paid, poorly supported, or short term job can be as harmful as no job at all, indicates research published online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Study finds work climate the main reason women leave engineering
Women who leave engineering jobs after obtaining the necessary degree are significantly more likely to leave the field because of an uncomfortable work climate than because of family reasons, according to a study being undertaken ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Apple under fire from Chinese environmental groups
(AP) -- Chinese environmental groups accused Apple Inc. on Thursday of ignoring their concerns about health and safety problems at factories that supply it with components.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Study examines surgeons' stress related to surgery and night duty
A small study of Japanese surgeons suggests that duration of surgery and the amount of blood loss are associated with increased stress scores, and that night duty is associated with reduced stress arousal scores, according ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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GM crop produces massive gains for women's employment in India
Research at the UK's University of Warwick, and the University of Goettingen in Germany, has found that the use of a particular GM crop in India produced massive benefits in the earnings and employment opportunities ...
Jul 28, 2010 |
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