Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |