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 | |
31/10/2008 - 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, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
31/10/2002 - 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 & Taiwan | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Leave, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Suicides, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime |