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Fair Labor group begins Apple supplier inspections
http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/13/technology/apple_foxconn_audit/?source=cnn_binBy Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech February 13, 2012: 12:30 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- An independent labor-rights organization that Apple joined last month said Monday that it began its inspections of the working conditions at Apple suppliers' factories in China.
An audit team arrived this week at the vast Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, China, known as Foxconn City. The team plans to interview thousands of employees in Shenzhen and other locations about their working and living conditions, including their compensation and working hours, according to the Fair Labor Association.
The FLA's team will also inspect manufacturing areas, dormitories and other facilities. The organization plans to begin publishing its findings early next month on its website: http://www.fairlabor.org/.
The audit comes in the wake of growing public concern about labor conditions in the overseas factories that many U.S. gadget makers rely on to make their devices. Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) is one of many companies that outsources its manufacturing, but as the industry's most popular and profitable company, it's under the most intense spotlight.
