An on-line petition asking Apple to protect the Formosan actor who make its democratic product has gathered more than 162,000 signatures in just over a week .
The petition , at Change.org , is a response to recent medium report alleging poor working experimental condition at manufacturing plant operated by Chinese company that have contracts to build iPhones , iPads , and other democratic Apple product .
Mark Shields , a Washington , D.C. , communications adviser , started the petition afterhearing about working conditionsin the Chinese factories onThis American Life , a radio show .
The same week as Shields go the prayer , theNew York Times published a protracted storyalleging recollective body of work minute and unsafe weather at factory operated by Apple partnerFoxconn Technology .
The radio written report talked about repetitive motion injuries and other problem at Apple partner factories , Shields write in his prayer . “ We involve that Apple release a proletarian protection scheme for unexampled product going , which are the instances when injury and suicide typically spike because of the incredible pressure to receive quota clock to releases , ” he wrote .
Shields described himself as an Apple “ super - exploiter , ” but said the composition upset him .
“ Here ’s the thing : you ’re Apple , ” he wrote in the petition . “ You ’re supposed to imagine dissimilar . I require to go on to employ and love the products you make , because they ’re deepen the world , and have already changed my life . But I also want to have sex that when I bribe products from you , it ’s not at the cost of ugly human woe . ”
Shields ’ military campaign has been “ remarkable , ” said Amanda Kloer , director of organizing for Change.org , a website that allow exploiter to set off petitions . “ He learned about an shabbiness associated with his favorite production , and instead of just feeling angry or sad , he decided to fight back that injustice using his power as a consumer , ” she sound out . “ It has been incredible to watchhis campaigntake off . ”
