| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/02/2016 | Xinhui Ri Xing Stainless Steel Products (Supplier Of Walmart) | Workers toil for 11 hours/day, 26 days/month in low season, and 30 days/month in high season. Essential safety equipment is missing, and it is not given to workers unless there is an inspection. If the inspection finds any violation, management forces workers to pay the fine. | Jiangmen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 02/02/2016 | Matrix Sweaters (Supplier Of Walmart) | Inadequate safety precautions lead to a fire break-out, with some reported injuries. | Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | ILRF, CCC, MSN, WRC | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 20/11/2015 | Winson (Taiqiang) Precision Manufacturing (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Walmart) | Lack of protective equipment, while workers exposed to toxic chemicals. Workload reaching 11 hours/day, 6 days/week. Cramped dormitories containing 12 people/room. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Wages | |
| 10/09/2014 | Designer Jeans (Supplier Of Walmart) | 1900 workers are deprived of legally unionizing. Two union leaders imprisoned. | Bangladesh | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Union Repression | |
| 10/06/2014 | (Supplier Of Walmart) | Slave labor, torture, execution-style killings and human trafficking in Thai fishing boats supplying major supermarkets. | Thailand | The Guardian | Beatings & Violence, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, Killings, Suicides, Summary Executions, Torture | |
| 09/10/2013 | Aswad Composite Mills (Supplier Of Walmart) | Garment factory catches fire; 10 workers dead; over 50 injured. | Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 26/08/2013 | (Suppliers Of Walmart) | Unregulated subcontractors using child labor (as low as 14 years of age) go rife in Walmart's supply chain. | Bangladesh | Al Jazeera | Child Labor | |
| 22/05/2013 | Monde Apparels (Supplier Of Walmart) | Child labor - workers as young as 12 years old, abusive management, unpaid wages and fire hazards in clothing factory. | Bangladesh | CBS News | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Wages | |
| 22/03/2013 - 01/01/2001 | Alianza Fashion (Supplier Of Walmart) | For 12 years, Alianza robbed workers of over $6 million in wages and benefits, changed it's legal name 4 times, and defrauded the Guatemalan Social Security Institute (including the workers’ pension accounts) of over $4.7 million. Alianza sold garments to brands who then profited by 415% and 550% mark-ups.
| Chimaltenango, Guatemala | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Non-Living Wage, Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Wages | |
| 17/12/2012 | Dream International (Zhengrun Toy Factory) (Supplier Of Walmart) | Work hours reaching 15,5 hours not including the two meal breaks, 6 ½ hours of overtime daily, 7 days/week at peak seasons, and Lack of fire protection. "It’s very unsafe. If there was an emergency, people could not get out!" | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 24/11/2012 | Tazreen Fashions (Supplier Of Walmart) | 112 workers dead, and many more injured in deadly fire break out. Survivors were forced to jump off fifth floor windows to escape the fire. | Ashulia, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | Clean Clothes Campaign, Al Jazeera | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 25/11/2009 | (Suppliers Of Walmart) | Report raises concerns over labor violations in 5 factories supplying Walmart including: low wages, long work shifts (100-140 hours/month), auditors getting tricked by factory management. | Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage | |
| 30/06/2009 - 01/04/2009 | Huasheng Packaging Factory (Supplier Of Walmart) | Labor violations in factory (1400-1500 workers) producing packaging products: 11 -11.5 hour shifts in busy seasons, 7 days/week (77 hours/week overall); extremely low wages ($0.51/hour), that is 60% of the minimum wage; inhaling large amounts of paper particles and other debris; elaborate audit cheating system. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 30/06/2009 - 01/04/2009 | Hantai Shoe Production Ltd. (Supplier Of Walmart) | 4.5-5 hours forced daily overtime for shoe factory (over 4000 workers) to meet orders, cheating audit inspections, abusive management among other violations. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 15/07/2008 | Hantai Shoe Production Ltd. (Supplier Of Walmart) | Long hours, verbal and physical abuse at shoe factory; 8 hour shifts plus 4,5 hours forced overtime; overall stay (work & breaks) for workers at factory 15,5 hours. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 11/07/2008 - 22/05/2008 | Shenzhen Xingchang Plastic Product Ltd. (Supplier Of Walmart) | Dangerous working environment for 500- 600 factory workers manufacturing plastic products; workshops are extremely hot and unsanitary; floor is covered with grease and water. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Occupational Hazard | |
| 11/07/2008 - 22/05/2008 | Dongguan Daxing Decoration Ltd. (Supplier Of Walmart) | Exhausting working conditions for factory workers (~1,800) producing candles and Christmas lights; at least 13-hour shifts, 7 days/week; twice a month 24-hour shifts are required; if refused overtime, factory deducts 3 days' worth of wages; factory trains workers to cheat clients. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard | |
| 19/11/2007 | (Suppliers Of Walmart) | Report exposes poor factory working conditions including: long hours reaching 420 per month in peak seasons, below subsistence wages, questionable safety precautions. | Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance | |
| 21/12/2006 | Hua Tai 4K Factory (Supplier Of Walmart) | Workers paid below subsistence-level wages making Bratz dolls; 51 ½ cents an hour; $4.13 a day. Routine 13 ½ to 15 ½ –hour shifts, seven days a week. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 22/12/2005 | Panyu United (Supplier Of Walmart) | Workers kept at the factory 13 hours/day, seven days a week, paid 34 cents an hour making gift cards & notebooks. | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 21/12/2005 | Tsun Tat Toy Company Ltd (Supplier Of Walmart) | Workers forced to work 15 to 19.5 hours a day, seven days/week making plastic toys for 43 cents an hour. Repetitive work - one operation every three seconds - leaves them with blistered and bleeding hands and fingers. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, National Labor Committee | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 01/02/2004 | Foreway Industrial China, Ltd. (Supplier Of Walmart) | Workers making plastic toys on 18-20.5 hour shifts; mandatory 7 day workweeks; 30 days a month; pay below minimum wage; 16 ½ cents an hour on average; organizing a union is strictly prohibited; 20 people share one dorm room. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, National Labor Committee | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages |
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