Apple Boss At Plant Run By Under-Fire Foxconn
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Brand expert David Haigh says Tim Cook's visit to China is about protecting Apple's reputation
7:01pm UK, Thursday March 29, 2012
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has visited an iPhone production plant run by Foxconn Technology Group, which has faced widespread criticism over its treatment of workers.
Allegations of abuse stretch back to 2010 when 13 workers apparently committed suicide at one plant amidst claims that the company ran military-style production lines on which employees were forced to work overtime for low wages.
In 2011, Foxconn again faced criticism after a fire at another plant left four people dead.
Foxconn factories across China assemble most of Apple's iPhones and iPads.
They describe their daily routine as work, eat and sleep. They described themselves as machines that repeated the same monotonous motion for thousands (of) times a day.