| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/05/2011 - 01/04/2011 | Compal Electronics Technology (Supplier Of Toshiba) | Low wages and 10 hour work time, including mandatory overtime manufacturing electronic devices. If production quotas are not met, additional mandatory overtime is in order. Poor working environment with no ventilation, no free masks, extremely loud noises and skin radiation. | kunsham, Jiangsu, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/05/2011 - 01/05/2011 | TE Connectivity (Supplier Of Toshiba) | 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 | |
| 31/03/2011 - 01/03/2011 | Quanta Computer (Supplier Of Toshiba) | ~1/3 of factory's workforce is below 18 years of age, 140 hours/month overtime with one or two days of rest every month at peak seasons. | Shanghai, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/07/2009 | (Suppliers Of Toshiba) | Report reveals that suppliers of computer components in the Philippines violated labour laws and codes of conduct of computer brands. | Philippines | SOMO | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 15/02/2007 | GP Battery International Ltd. (Supplier Of Toshiba) | Two cases of Cadmium intoxication and two of Cadmium poisoning found among 177 workers manufacturing primary and rechargeable batteries. At least 3 young female workers also died from kidney-related diseases. | Huizhou, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/02/2007 | Tsukuba Die-casting Corporation (Supplier Of Toshiba) | 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 | Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Supplier Of Toshiba) | 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 | |
| 01/02/2007 | Kent Adhesive Products Co. (Supplier Of Toshiba) | 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 | LTEC Company (Supplier Of Toshiba) | 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 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of Toshiba) | Labor problems at factory (3,000 workers) producing electronics: does not allow union members; discrimination over pregnant women; wages insifficient to cover living costs; work 12 hours/day 5-6 days/week (60-72 hours/week); compulsury overtime. | Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression | |
| 01/02/2007 | Fujitsu (Supplier Of Toshiba) | 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 | San Technology Inc (Supplier Of Toshiba) | Labor issues at factory (2,000 employees) producing HDD materials: compulsury overtime; 12 hour daily shifts, 6-7 days/week (72-84 hours/week); union formation prevented by management in 2003. | Cavite, Philippines | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Union Repression | |
| 01/02/2007 | Mechanical Keyparts Philippines (MKP) Incorporation (Supplier Of Toshiba) | 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 | |
| 01/02/2007 | Micro-device Technology (Supplier Of Toshiba) | Union formation is strictly prohibited by management at factory (900 workers) producing electronics. | Philippines | SOMO | Forced Overtime, Union Repression | |
| 01/02/2007 | CKL Electronics Co. Ltd. (Supplier Of Toshiba) | Labor concerns at electronics factory (850 workers): wages not enough to cover living expenditures; compuslory overtime between January-June; work over 60 hours/week; sometimes during peak season workers do two shifts (24 hours a day in total); exposure to hazardous chamicals with insufficient safety equipment; coughing and irritated skin; at least two cases have been found of workers having poisonous chemicals in their blood; frequent factory fires with insufficient fire protection. | Thailand | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/11/2006 - 01/11/2006 | (Suppliers Of Toshiba) | 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 | |
| 23/05/2005 | (Toshiba) | Greenpeace accuses major electronics companies for using unrecyclable and toxic materials in their products causing pollution and health hazards in poor Asian countries where electronics are discarded. | India and China | Greenpeace, (2) | Negligence, Pollution |
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