HP sets labor guidelines in for Chinese suppliers

UPDATED 12:41 PM EST, February 8, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Personal computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. is pledging to crack down on its Chinese suppliers in an effort to reduce the use of low-paid student interns and other temporary workers.

The guidelines unveiled Friday are the latest attempt by a major U.S. technology company to weed out labor abuses at Chinese factories that manufacture the gadgets of an Internet-connected world.

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