So in the news today are
articles about Apple’s new iPhone being built by Chinese workers earning the
equivalent of $1.50 an hour. Apple
products seem to be popular with young environmentalists, socially conscious members
of the entertainment industry, and others like me who appreciate the stability
of their operating systems, but they are more expensive than the various vendors
running Microsoft’s Windows. Apple and
others in the computer industry have taken pretty active positions on social
issues so I wonder how much the Apple electronic devices will cost if they are
held to the socially responsible position of paying all their workers a living
wage, which is more than minimum wage and probably orders of magnitude more
than the $1.50 they are paying workers now.
Now I can understand an old guy like me liking Apple and willing to buy them at their current cost, but how can all the socially conscious young people support this company? As an aside, it was kind of funny seeing all the #occupysomeplace people with their apple computers last year.
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