As many of you will be aware, the Apple iPad (pictured) had its world-wide launch this weekend.
What you may not know is that the factory which produces it, in China, has been the scene of a dozen worker suicides in recent months.
We've been asked by unions and NGOs in Hong Kong and Taiwan to launch a big international campaign to put pressure on the factory owners -- and on Apple -- to probe why this is happening, and to allow workers there to have real, independent unions that can bargain collectively.
Please take a moment to send off your message now:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=714And please -- spread the word!
Thanks very much.
Eric Lee
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