Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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01/02/2007 | Kent Adhesive Products Co. | Labor violations at factory (500 workers) manufacturing coated hard disc frames: 12 hour daily shifts, 6 days/week (72 hours/week); forced overtime; inadequate safety precautions; various reports of diseases (bronchitis, dizziness, sinusitis) stemming from chemical odour; union formation strictly prohibited by management; discrimination over contract workers; descrimination over worker sexual orientation. | Cavite Philippines | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
01/02/2007 | Tsukuba Die-casting Corporation (Supplier Of Kent Adhesive Products Co.) | Labor concerns at factory (1,000 employees) supplying aluminium base for HDDs: 12 hour daily shifts, 6-7 days/week (72-84 hours/week); compulsury overtime; workers indicate their wage is not a living wage; union repression. | Cavite Economic Zone, Philippines | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
01/02/2007 | Mechanical Keyparts Philippines (MKP) Incorporation (Supplier Of Kent Adhesive Products Co.) | Labor issues at factory (1,500 employees) manufacturing HDD parts: compulsury overtime; 12 hour daily shifts, 6 days/week; 7 days/week during peak season (72-84 hours/week); workers indicate their wage is not a living wage; union formation strictly prohibited by management. | Cavite Economic Zone, Philippines | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression |