[erikpukinskis]

When companies become as large as Apple and begin purchasing products from vendors. It is not possible for them to guarantee the safety and operation of every vendor.

Yea, but here's what's scummy: they refuse to even disclose who their suppliers are. Which means that neither journalists nor customers can go out and find out what's going on.

I don't need Apple to spend billions verifying that the children of every last worker are getting their shoes tied in the morning. But I think they should at least give us the chance to look it up ourselves.

Maybe it should be federal law that you should have to report all of your suppliers if you want to sell goods in the US. Maybe report (anonymized) salaries of everyone too, benefits, etc.