Apple ’s got a vested involvement in Arizona ’s future — its new manufacturing plant will break ground there in 2015 , bringing thousands of jobs to the State Department . And the fellowship is now advocating for local insurance . Today , Apple publically took a pedestal against the state ’s highly controversial proposed anti - gay legislation .
A personal call was rate by Apple to Arizona governor Jan Brewer , advocate her to veto the state’sSB 1062 bill , which would allow Arizonans to discriminate against LGBT multitude ( among other group ) on the fundament of a religious objection . Businesses would have to uphold the state ’s ruling , stand for employee of Apple ’s factory as well as its retail memory there could refuse to hire or work alongside gays for personal beliefs , which probably flies in the human face of Apple ’s own anti - discrimination policies .
No few than 83 party , inluding American Airlines and Marriott , have signed a letter bear a veto of the bill say that anti - gay legislation will hurt job .
Apple ’s factory will manufacturesapphire glass for its phonesin Mesa , a city outside of Phoenix . Along with a factory already subject in Ft . Worth , Texas , this will be one of five new locations in the U.S. that will bring some output base after a decade afield . It ’s a bold , potentially risky move and Apple ’s succeeder is in the end lace with Arizona ’s economic portion , which is all the more cause for them to coerce the local governance to create a positive business climate .
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For the most part , Apple ’s not the most outwardly political caller — Steve Jobs met with Obama , sure , and Tim Cook was a guest at last yr ’s State of the Union — but we do n’t often see them getting involved in major legislative issues . With the ship’s company ’s commitment to bring more of its manufacturing back to the United States , however , perhaps we ’ll see more of this activism domestically .
Of course , if Apple is calling up Arizona ’s leaders , one would hope they ’ll continue to fight for the same level of human rights for the employee of their provider ’ factories over in China . [ Think Progress ]
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