I popped down to the vigil for the dead Foxconn workers outside the Apple store in San Francisco Thursday evening, organized by the Chinese Progressive Association.
Chris Knight from Cohn & Wolfe came with me and snapped some pictures (above and the next one.)
There were about 50 people, a lot of high school kids, taking part in the demonstration and handing out leaflets that urged people to email sjobs@apple.com (using an iPad in the store!).
The leaflet asked that Apple work with Foxconn to adopt more humane production schedules; to facilitate the formation of a trade union; and improve overall working conditions.
The message was to tell Apple “you expect better.” Or, as I like to put it, Apple should “Think Different – Think Fair.”
Please see:
“Think Fair” A Potential Apple Follow Up to “Think Different”
Analysis: Here’s How Apple Could Become The First Fair Trade Tech Company
Foxconn Suicides: Is It Time For “Fair Trade” Electronics? Would You Buy A “Fair Trade” iPhone?
Tom Foremski is the Editor and Founder of the popular and top-ranked news site Silicon Valley Watcher, reporting on business and culture of innovation. He is a former journalist at the Financial Times and in 2004, became the first journalist from a leading newspaper to resign and become a full-time journalist blogger.
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