Apple won't aid GOP convention over Trump

[cali]

Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party’s 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump’s controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.

Unlike Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which have all said they will provide some support to the GOP event in Cleveland next month, Apple decided against donating technology or cash to the effort, according to two sources familiar with the iPhone maker’s plans.

Apple’s political stand against Trump, communicated privately to Republicans, is a sign of the widening tensions between Silicon Valley and the GOP’s bombastic presumptive nominee. Trump has trained his rhetorical fire on the entire tech industry, but he's singled out Apple for particular criticism -- calling for a boycott of the company's products, and slamming CEO Tim Cook, over Apple's stance on encryption.

read:http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/apple-wont-aid-gop-convention-over-trump-224513

[Gabi Hayes]

1. great! now.....have they done anything about this yet?

http://www.cltampa.com/news-views/article/20748862/apple-finally-dealing-with-slave-labor-conditions-in-china

too lazy to take this any farther, but here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+slave+labor+china&biw=1093&bih=470&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW3ej0qbLNAhUIwYMKHd_0AlsQ7AkIWw