Apple workers in China get 25 per cent pay rise

The firm makes iPads and iPhones under contract to Apple in giant factories that employ and house over a million Chinese workers. It also manufactures electronics for Dell, HP and Microsoft, among others. The significant pay increase is the second for Foxconn workers in less than two years and means salaries will reach between �180 and �250 per month. The firm said the rise, effective from 1