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Group to inspect Apple suppliers

Company says audit will detail labor abuses at Chinese plants

By Charles Duhigg and Nick Wingfield

 |  New York Times  

  February 14, 2012

Apple said yesterday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled. Amid growing criticism over labor and environmental practices - especially in China - Apple, last month, disclosed a list of suppliers for its popular gadgets for the first time.

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