| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/05/2011 - 01/05/2011 | TE Connectivity (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Significantly low wages, and production quotas which if not reached workers must toil additional hours without overtime pay assembling wires. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 31/05/2011 - 01/05/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Average work load consists of 10 hours/day, 6 days/week. All workers in the Apple notebook production departments are given almost no rest - 12 hours/day. | Longhua, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 31/05/2011 - 01/05/2011 | Flextronics Ltd., Co. (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | During peak season (June-October), workers must work 10.5 hours daily, 7 days/week. Working hours exceed 310 hours per month, including 130 hours of overtime. A 23-year-old male worker was recently killed in the warehouse when a vehicle loaded with products backed into him. | Zhuhai, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/04/2011 - 01/04/2011 | Catcher Technology (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | 10.5 working hours per day, 7 days/week regardless of peak or off season. Workers are being scolded, if being slow. At times physical abuse is in order. Workers complain of strong toxic odors, when manufacturing mobile phones and cameras. | Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/03/2011 - 01/03/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Workload of 10 hours/day and six days/week for workers in electronics factory. | Kunshan, Jiangsu, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 31/07/2007 - 01/06/2006 | (International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Outsourcing and labour rights violations, constant work instability, unsafe practices, exposure to toxic materials and work related illnesses, and sexual harassment revealed by yearly report on labour conditions in Mexico. | Mexico | CEREAL | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard, Sexual Harassment | |
| 01/02/2007 | Astec Power Phil. Inc. (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Labor concerns at factory (4,000 employees) manufacturing HDD materials: 4 hours daily overtime; 12 daily shifts, 6 days/week; 7 days/week during peak season (72-84 hours/week); compulsury overtime; wages insufficient to cover living costs; discrimination over contract workers; frequent small accidents. | Cavite, Philippines | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/02/2007 | Fujitsu (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Labor violations at factory (about 4,000 employees)producing hard disk drives: wage discrimination against contract workers; discrimination over pregnant women; workers feel forced to earn overtime income to cover basic needs; 10-12 hour daily shifts, 6-7 days/week; compulsury overtime. | Navanakorn Industrial Estate, Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression | |
| 01/02/2007 | Western Digital (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Labor violations at HDD factory (8,000 employees): wage discrimination over agency workers; discrimination over pregnant women; workers state wages are not enogh to cover living costs; 12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week during peak season (10 months/year); compulsury overtime; industrial hygiene concerns. | Navanakorn Industrial Estate, Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/02/2007 | LTEC Company (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Labor concerns at factory (over 6,000 workers) producing electronic components: wages not enought ot cover living expenditures; work 12 hours/day (including 4 hour compulsory overtime); 6 days/week; discrimination on Hepatitis B workers. | Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime | |
| 01/02/2007 | Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Labor concerns at factory (about 12,000 employees) manufacturing electronic components: contract workers discriminated vis-à-vis regular workers; wages not sufficient to cover living expenditures; LCD workers solder lead and inhale the smoke; accident reported in 2001 were 6 people died after building collapse. | Thailand | SOMO | Deaths, Discrimination, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/11/2006 - 01/11/2006 | (Suppliers Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | An investigation of 13 Shenzhen electronics factories producing components for many well-known brand names found widespread labour abuses. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime |
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