| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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