Apple in hot water over student workers at major iPhone supplier in Taiwan 

Taipei-based company was found to have committed labour violations related to its student workers’ programme at factories in China. 
Apple in hot water over student workers at major iPhone supplier in Taiwan 

Apple attracts the most criticism in the tech industry over labour and environmental standards. 

Apple's decision to suspend new business with a key supplier highlights just how hard it is for the world’s biggest tech company to find partners that are both reliable and do the right thing by their workers. The problem may be of its own making.

Pegatron won’t get any new contracts after the Taipei-based company was found to have committed labour violations related to its student workers’ programme at factories in China. 

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