Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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30/11/2008 - 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, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard, Suicides, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
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, China | The Sunday Times | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression |