Adidas

Date Company Accusation City / Area / Country Source Tags Media
09/12/2015Paragon Apparels Pvt. Ltd
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Workers endure exposure to dangerous chemicals, inadequate safety measures and excessive overtime.Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaFair Labor AssociationExcessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime
05/05/2015Paragon Apparels Pvt. Ltd
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Workers’ hours exceeded 60 hours per week, with “many workers” working between 14 and 18 hours per day. Multiple health and safety violations not addressed including chemical hazard.Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaFair Labor AssociationExcessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard
14/04/2014Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Tens of thousands of workers strike at shoe factory to protest unpaid social insurance, housing funds payments, and improper labor contracts.Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchUnpaid Insurance
18/11/2011
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Over 7,000 workers protest at Yucheng shoe factory, highlighting grievances over abusive management and illegal dismissals.Huangjiangzhen, Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchAbusive Management
13/07/2011
(Suppliers Of Adidas)
Chinese conglomerate supplying leading brands discharged hormone-disrupting chemicals and other toxins into the country's major water systems, according to Greenpeace.Yinzhou, Ningbo, Zhejiang, ChinaGreenpeace, The GuardianNegligence, Pollution
31/08/2010
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01/08/2010
Jiujiang Smartball Sports Equipment Corporation
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Investigation report at factory producing balls and other sports equipment reveals: 10-11 daily work shifts; 6 days/week; mandated overtime during peak season (October-June); work at least 84 hours/week in peak season; reported injuries; incidents of guards beating employees.Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaChina Labor WatchBeatings & Violence, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard
31/08/2010
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01/08/2010
Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Report on shoe factory (YY-G3 factory) finds: 11 hour work shifts at peak season; plus 8 hour work on Saturday; very hot work space; forming and boiler workers work on up to 40 degrees temperature.  Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchExcessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard
08/07/2010Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Male factory worker (Zhao Jianju) dies of heat stroke.Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor Watch, China.HuanqiuDeaths, Occupational Hazard
30/11/2008
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01/11/2008
Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Very poor conditions at shoe factory (over 15,000 workers): frequent suicides; discrimination against workers; 10 hour regular daily shifts; at least 11 hour daily shifts, 6 days/week during peak seasons; exposure to extreme high temperatures and chemicals; lack of safety equipment.Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchDiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard, Suicides, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime
31/10/2008
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01/07/2008
Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited
(Supplier Of Adidas)
3 workers end their lives in 4 month timespan, by jumping from factory building (YYII-S6), allegedly over demonstration towards poor factory treatment.Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchDeaths, Suicides
18/08/2008
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01/06/2008
Chang Ye Long
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Terrible working conditions in factory (~3,000 workers) producing balls and sportswear; during peak season (October to February) workers don't even have one day off a month; very low wages; factory withholds a month's wage; workers experience 'unimaginable pain' on their hands from chemicals used; gloves provided only when factory is audited; factory trains workers to deceive clients.Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchExcessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages
18/08/2008
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01/06/2008
Zhongshan Weili Textile Co. Ltd (Supercap)
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Poor conditions in factory (~3,500 workers) producing sport accessories: low wages (local minimum wage 770 RMB/Month); frequently occurring accidents; 11 hours/day shifts (13,5 hours in factory), 6 days/week; compulsory overtime;  hat production workers may stay at factory 16 hours.Zhongshan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchExcessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
18/08/2008
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01/06/2008
Dongguan Chengda Shoe Co. Ltd.
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Low wages, 10-12 hour shifts, 6 days/week for workers manufacturing sport shoes.Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchExcessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
30/03/2008
(Suppliers Of Adidas)
Investigation at factories of Adidas suggests poor conditions including: basic wages of £11.36 a week; management cheating on pay; discrimination; longer than 70 hours of work per week to earn a living wage; stifling attempts of setting up a union.  Fuzhoo, ChinaThe Sunday TimesDiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression
19/11/2007
(Suppliers Of Adidas)
Report exposes poor factory working conditions including: long hours reaching 420 per month in peak seasons, below subsistence wages, questionable safety precautions.Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchExcessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance
31/10/2002
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01/01/1999
BaoCheng Group
(Supplier Of Adidas)
Workers kept in factory for 12,5 hours, work intensity and low wages drive people to illness, death and suicide. Female worker turned ill in November 1999. She was denied sick leave 3 times, and was found dead in the restroom. Since 1994, 14 workers have committed suicide.  Dongguan, Guangdong, China & TaiwanChina Labor WatchDeaths, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Leave, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Suicides, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime