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Article

1 Sep 2006

Author:
Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press

Report: iPod supplier told to unionize [China]

Hongfujin Precision Industry Co [part of Foxconn]...ha[s] been ordered to set up...a union, which would be affiliated to the government's All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)...[A]mid a wave of bad publicity Apple Computer Inc. announced it was trying to resolve a controversy over a defamation lawsuit filed...against two journalists…criticizing [its] treatment of workers...The factory...also supplies electronics components...to…companies such as Dell Inc. and Intel Corp.