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Article

17 Nov 2009

Author:
Jonathan Adams & Kathleen E. McLaughlin, Global Post [USA]

Silicon Sweatshops: A promising model [China]

Taiwan's Chicony…supplies…HP…[and] looks like any other in this part of China…But…feels like a different world…"At this factory, we get paid for annual leave and other conditions, according to the law," said [worker] Xiao…They get free annual medical checks…they say they know their rights, and management listens to them…HP collaborated with several Hong Kong nonprofit groups to improve conditions at its supplier factories... nonprofits worked with Chicony to educate workers about their rights…The cost is affordable to any company — even small suppliers could handle the amount," said Ernest Wong, a…supply chain responsibility official for HP [refers to Apple, Sony Ericsson, Dell, Fujitsu]