AppleLabor.com aims to be a comprehensive online library of research and media coverage on the labor conditions faced by Apple’s factory workers.

What’s new

Isaac Shapiro, Will Apple follow in Nike’s failed footsteps?, Economic Policy Institute, Blog, May 1, 2013.

Isaac Shapiro, $100 billion to Apple shareholders, any to Apple workers?, Economic Policy Institute, Blog, April 24, 2013.

Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM), Apple fails in its responsibility to monitor suppliers, February 26, 2013.  See related blog.

Featured reports

Scott Nova and Isaac Shapiro, “Apple’s self-reporting on suppliers’ labor practices shows violations remain common,” Economic Policy Institute, Commentary, February 12, 2013.

Scott Nova and Isaac Shapiro, Polishing Apple: Fair Labor Association gives Foxconn and Apple undue credit for labor rights progress, Economic Policy Institute, November 8, 2012.

Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM), New iPhone, Old Abuses:  Have working conditions at Foxconn in China improved?  September 20, 2012.

China Labor Watch, Beyond Foxconn: Deplorable Working Conditions Characterize Apple’s Entire Supply Chain, June 27, 2012.