Protesters cloud Apple’s new iPad launch
Protesters asking Apple to change the labor practices in factories in its supply chain have mobilized at stores in Georgetown, San Francisco and New York City. Their goal was to remind Apple and its fans that the gadgets on sale today come from factories that have been criticized for poor labor practices.
The protests at stores were organized by the same group that mobilized consumers to deliver two online petitions from Change.org and SumofUs.org, with a combined 250,000 signatures, to Apple employees at stores in Washington, New York, San Francisco, London, Sydney and Bangalore. Dozens showed up to protest the conditions reported in Apple’s factories around the world. The protests were fairly subdued. Change.org spokewsoman Sarah Ryan said that there were about a dozen protesters at each location to hand out cards with comments from those who signed the petitions.
Protesters cloud Apple’s new iPad launch