Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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10/09/2001 - 01/02/1999 | Dongguan Elegant Top Shoes Co., Ltd | Factory making shoes has female workers under 16, some of them are sexually harassed. Small dorm rooms are packed with eight workers. Workers stay in the factory for 13.2 hours/day, with hourly pay is as low as 24 cents U.S. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Sexual Harassment, Unpaid Insurance | |
30/11/1999 - 01/07/1999 | Dongguan Elegant Top Shoes Co., Ltd | 4 female workers attempted suicide; 2 dead, 2 injured. One of them, at age 16, after being scolded by her leaders for defects on her work became so embarrassed that she jumped from the tower . | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Suicides |