Americans and American media tend to pile on. When it comes to rich, "self-made" tycoons, they trip over themselves to lavish praise and attention on the already rich and famous.
So while everybody is piling on the praise of Apple's Steve Jobs, who is retiring as CEO (but will be chairman of board), let's not forget where part of Apple's high profits came from: easily exploited overseas labor.
According to a review conducted by Apple itself: less than 1/3 of all Apple factories obeyed Apple rules about not forcing factory workers to work more than 60 hours a week; only 57 percent of its factories complied with the Apple's policies on occupational injury prevention; 95 factories did not perform regular safety inspections; and 54 factories failed to give their workers adequate safety equipment.
By Mike Elk
August 25, 2011 | In These Times
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