Apple’s record profits built on grinding employees into dust – then blowing them up

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                       Aluminium dust is extremely explosive – this image is from 2007, when a Chinese                                                                                    truck carrying it ignited
                                   
After unveiling profits that smashed expectations and broke revenue records, it’s been a big week for Apple, but a recent investigative report brings the company’s rosy report crashing back to earth. After a string of highly publicized suicides at Foxconn in 2009, Apple pledged to clean up its act and tighten policies on worker health and quality of life. The company’s decision to release its list of suppliers after years of stonewalling is a positive step towards this goal, but evidence shows there’s a long way to go.   More...