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Mike Daisey: The Man Who Outed Apple’s Abysmal Labor Practices in China

Spoiled to the Core

Apple is ‘infected with arrogance,’ and an admiring press ignores the company’s labor practices, the monologist tells Jacob Bernstein.

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Stan Barouh

In late January, a 5,500+-word article appeared on the front page of The New York Times, delving deep into the labor practices of Apple. For years the company’s manufacturing has been in China, and the Times presented workers’ conditions there as abysmal, with people working huge amounts of overtime, often...

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