The Underlying Problem in the whole Apple underage workers story (that the MSM ignores) [View All]

The Cupertino, Calif., company, in a report posted to its Web site, said three facilities had hired a total of 11 employees prior to reaching the legal working age in those countries. Some of the workers were as young as 15 years old, Apple said. At the time of the audit, the workers were either no longer underage or employed by the contractors. Apple didn't name the suppliers or identify in which countries the infractions of its policies occurred.

The document summarizes the results of on-site audits of 102 facilities and says roughly 133,000 workers, supervisors and managers have been trained as part of its program. This is the fourth year Apple has audited the work practices of its suppliers, a practice that started in 2006 after reports of worker abuses at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.'s Foxconn, a Chinese manufacturer that assembled iPods for Apple.