Apple announces $50 million education initiative for supply chain workers

By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple is launching a Supplier Employee Development Fund in partnership with labor and education organizations, spending $50 million to empower suppliers’ employees through training.The new project is being made in collaboration with the International Labor Organization, the International Organization for Migration, plus what Apple describes as new and expanded partnerships with other groups. Those include universities, non-profit organizations, and leading rights advocates.”We put people first in everything that we do,” said Sarah Chandler, Apple’s senior director of Environment and Supply Chain Innovation, …

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