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Foxconn workers will get more money for fewer hours. What about better hours?

  Foxconn/Apple have responded to bad press by vowing to implement changes that benefit workers. That will necessarily mean it will reduce it’s operators’ overtime working hours and, presumable,  it will have to boost regular-time salaries to offset the operators’ loss of revenue. The result, of course, higher unit labor costs for Foxconn, and maybe …

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Foxconn workers will get more money for fewer hours. What about better hours?

  Foxconn/Apple have responded to bad press by vowing to implement changes that benefit workers. That will necessarily mean it will reduce it’s operators’ overtime working hours and, presumable,  it will have to boost regular-time salaries to offset the operators’ loss of revenue. The result, of course, higher unit labor costs for Foxconn, and maybe …

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Apple, Change Leadership, continuous improvement, Economy, Foxconn, Labor Issues, Labor Management, Manufacturing, Pearl River Delta, Southern China

I ‘Know’ Apple Won’t Release an iPad Mini

Editor: I am always wondering when Apple will release a pocket size (~7′ inch) iPad. If iPad 3 comes with two size, I would go for the Mini one.  But, obviously Andrew Sykes, Founder of GizChina does not think so. Here are his reasons. Rumor and guesstimation have determined that Apple may release an iPad mini next week at their March 7th iPad event, but we’re not too convinced! Ever since Apple released the original iPad, there have been those who have anxiously waited for the company to release a smaller version. Even after Steve Job’s himself openly mocked 7-inch tablets fans have still kept hoping (he didn’t mock 8 inch tablets after all!). Now, with March 7th less than a week away there has just been enough time of tech sites to speculate on how they believe a smaller iPad with 7.85inch screen will accompany the next generation iPad on Wednesday (could be an iPad 2S!). But next week there will be no iPad mini to compete against the Android in the small tablet market, a market which Android owns! No Leaked Physical Proof “Apple are notorious for keeping a tight lid on their products”, if you have heard this [...]
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