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