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February 24, 2012

Apple Faces New Protests for Working Conditions 
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And the tech giant Apple is facing a new wave of protests over
conditions at the Foxconn factory in China where some of its products
are made. Protesters gathered outside a meeting of Apple shareholders in
California Thursday calling for better working conditions.
bq. Benazir Vohra: "I would really love it if Apple would produce their
values in a way that is more in line with my values. I really don't
think that in order to make a good enough profit and make a high-quality
product, they have to use the chemicals that they do, they have to
exploit workers the way they do, with overtime and low wages."
bq. Heide Pearlmutter: "We're here because we cannot stand the
conditions that these phones are built under. We are working people
ourselves, and we think that people deserve a good salary, they deserve,
especially, safe conditions."



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