newsweek:

“Until consumers demand better conditions in overseas factories — as they did for companies like Nike and Gap, which today have overhauled conditions among suppliers — or regulators act, there is little impetus for radical change.”

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Well, there you have it tumblr. Until you—yes, YOU—demand better conditions for the people toiling away building your MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads, nothing will drastically change. You can start by signing this petition. Or this one. And if you haven’t read the Times piece on the factory conditions in China, read it.

Wow, I should really stop calling them “hippy” phones & “hippy” pads because there’s precious little love and peace up in there. If any company can afford to say “no, fuck you, we will not let you exploit and abuse workers who build our products”, even if it loses some money/productivity in the process, it’s Apple. Code of conduct my ass.